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Deck Building
Choosing the
best wood for your deck durability
Perhaps the most important consideration in choosing
the lumber species to use for your deck is the
durability characteristics of the lumber to be used.
This article discusses durability of hardwood species
and offers some suggestions of alternative species that
could be considered.
Choosing the best
wood for your deck wood color
One of the important considerations in choosing the
species of lumber for a deck is the initial colour of
the wood.
This article discusses colour variations in hardwood
lumber species and offers some suggestions for choosing
the most suitable lumber species for decking based on
color considerations.
Choosing the
best wood for your deck ease of working with machine
tools
If youre planning on building a wood deck yourself, one
of the important considerations is the degree of
difficulty in working with the lumber chosen. This
includes ease of sawing, resistance to spitting and
types of fixings you can use.
Choosing
the best wood for your deck environmental factors
When choosing a lumber species for your deck, there
are two main environmental factors to consider
chemicals used in any wood preservatives and the source
of the lumber in relation to sustainable harvesting and
responsible forestry practices governed by independent
certification and verifiable procedures.
Building a deck
things to check if using softwood species
When selecting a softwood species to build a deck , one
of the most important considerations is that these
species used should be either a recognised naturally
durable species such as Western Red Cedar, some species
of cypress, larch or pine, or that it has been treated
with an appropriate and good quality preservative.
Building a deck
selecting the right nails, screws or fixtures
To ensure that your deck has a long, trouble free life,
it's important to use the right nails, screws or other
fixings that will guarantee a service life without
rusting or corrosion or discoloring the wood around the
fixings
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