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What’s people’s preferred choice for a patio...
What’s people’s preferred choice for a patio slabs or decking?
+29
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May 23, 2020
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seismic7906
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What’s people’s preferred choice for a patio slabs or decking?
slabs
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+30
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May 23, 2020
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troth6673
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Best answer
This is pvc wood
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May 23, 2020
by
troth6673
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@
tearjerker8967
it’s wood composite
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May 23, 2020
by
troth6673
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@
foretopmast746
may have to sell house by then
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May 23, 2020
by
foretopmast746
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@
troth6673
because of your decking lol
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May 23, 2020
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troth6673
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foretopmast746
I soooooo like my decking
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May 23, 2020
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foretopmast746
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troth6673
lol for now. So pleased you happy
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+26
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May 23, 2020
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oneself157
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Patio all day long!
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May 23, 2020
by
foretopmast746
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Just took my decking up hoping to replace with slabs. Decking biggest mistake slippy messy everything about it was a mistake
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May 23, 2020
by
seismic7906
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foretopmast746
That’s what I was worried about it being slippy
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May 23, 2020
by
foretopmast746
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@
seismic7906
was awful. My granddaughter went over on it and I did several times and that was one winter. Don't have decking terrible stuff.
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May 23, 2020
by
mchenry851
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foretopmast746
decking is perfectly fine if it’s treated properly. Use proper decking paint and it’ll be non slip and mould resistant. I’m a chippy so opted for high quality decking instead of a patio as I know how to work with wood more than anything else. As long as the frame is secure and sturdy and it’s looked after and maintained properly, decking is great.
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May 23, 2020
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foretopmast746
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mchenry851
do we all have time to maintain? To be honest no. And I did try and maintain made no difference once wet little mud from gardening dog. And if you have a dog it's going to get mud in it! Game over.
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May 23, 2020
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mchenry851
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foretopmast746
I have 2 dogs, my decking is directly outside my back door. I’m just saying, it’s been down 2 years now and every spring I jetwash the entire area, then repaint in proper decking paint. It’s grey and non-slippery. Unless it’s left to grow mould on it or it’s upside down, I can’t see how it would get slippery.
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May 23, 2020
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sisely
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Was browsing as I want ideas but seem the post been bombarded with an advert
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May 23, 2020
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meteoritics613
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Sandstone Looks amazing when wet or sealed
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May 23, 2020
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meteoritics613
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Patio. last longer, doesn’t rot, jetwash start of every spring and looks as good as new
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May 23, 2020
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camala
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Indian stone mate there nothing better
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May 23, 2020
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powell755
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We’ve just had patio, we’ve got porcelain slabs
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May 23, 2020
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camala
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First attempt this
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May 23, 2020
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olomouc29
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Just ripped my decking up does not last patio slabs best 100 % x
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May 23, 2020
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eyra5314
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I have decking but wood rotts slabs don't
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May 23, 2020
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oneself157
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Hard wood deck and composite deck is best ir your be replacing with 5 years But not cheapest!
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May 23, 2020
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Patio slabs Decking is awful
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May 23, 2020
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Did have concrete alab
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May 23, 2020
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foretopmast746
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Indian sand stone I'm looking for once I find it
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May 23, 2020
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lure5
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Composite decking, expensive but the dogs bollocks
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May 23, 2020
by
tearjerker8967
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@
troth6673
Walker for a few years till it starts getting wet through, slippery and rotting
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May 23, 2020
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seismic7906
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troth6673
Walker I thought about this too got told it fades tho
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May 23, 2020
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lure5
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hopefully 15 years worth as that’s the guarantee
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May 23, 2020
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love the adverts lol
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May 23, 2020
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We have both slabs and composite decking
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May 23, 2020
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pigskin
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Balau decking
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May 23, 2020
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tearjerker8967
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oneself157
dont need your life story
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May 23, 2020
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foretopmast746
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tearjerker8967
adrian rowe advertising his business nothing wrong with that. Would you not?
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+28
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May 23, 2020
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artisan6426
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Just took some deck boards up today and found the whole thing is rotted . have no idea what to do next slabs or pattern concrete. neither option is cheep
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May 23, 2020
by
seismic7906
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artisan6426
yes your right definitely not cheap also debated patterned concrete route
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May 23, 2020
by
supinator
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seismic7906
trouble with pattern concrete it looks shabby after a few years.
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May 23, 2020
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artisan6426
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supinator
will dodge that then
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+29
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May 23, 2020
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vezza
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Artificial grass. Cheapest option
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May 23, 2020
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kazak8985
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betsey94678
good point john
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May 23, 2020
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monaco
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5 year life for decking
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May 23, 2020
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supinator
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Dont bother with reckon unless you get composite
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May 23, 2020
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supinator
we do composite
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+35
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May 23, 2020
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pusillanimous
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Slab or composite decking not wood its shit and slippery
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May 23, 2020
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fomentation234
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Slabs. Pressure wash once a year and no other work required
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May 23, 2020
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gripe39
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Decking, easy to build, look after and maintain.
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May 23, 2020
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kazak8985
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gripe39
lookin bloody good mate
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May 23, 2020
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gripe39
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And the top half by night.
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May 23, 2020
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artisan6426
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until it rots
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May 23, 2020
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burlington
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Kin hell @
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I’m bored of this post now Zzzz
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May 23, 2020
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We had both
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