On 6 Aug 2003 04:37:07 -0700, (julian
woolford) wrote:

I'm looking to buy a good guide to building your own deck

If you're in Norway, then you have a plentiful suply of good timber
and a climate that's low on rot. The UK books I've seen with "deck"
in the title are all about assembling factory-made wooden meccano
that's dyed bright green with poisons. Not the sort of thing I'd want
to live with afterwards.

I think a book on timber framing might be more useful, with a little
additional advice on designing a deck, how big to make railings etc.

Jack Sobon's "Timber Frame Construction"
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...658/codesmiths
is one of the best intros to the techniques.

Given its parentage (publisher and author) I'd expect this to be worth
a look, but haven't yet read it myself.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...797/codesmiths

"julian woolford" wrote in message
om...
I'm looking to buy a good guide to building your own deck - I see that
there's a whole host of them available via Amazon.co.uk but anyone
have any recommendations? I'm based Norway so difficult to check them
out in a bookshop for myself.

This site gives many of the basic facts and some how to's, so you might be
of some interest :

http://www.pavingexpert.com/featur05.htm


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"julian woolford" wrote in message
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I'm looking to buy a good guide to building your own deck - I see that
there's a whole host of them available via Amazon.co.uk but anyone
have any recommendations? I'm based Norway so difficult to check them
out in a bookshop for myself.

This site gives many of the basic facts and some how to's, so you might be
of some interest :

http://www.pavingexpert.com/featur05.htm

This guy does patio work and obviously doesn't like decking.

Decking is easy to install and looks the part if done well. If the garden
is inclined then decking is easy to step. No wet trade skills are required,
just a drop saw, drill/driver and some hand tools.




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