| Cheap decks can be just as effective as expensive | | | | pressure treated and covered in tanalith-e wood |
| timber in a garden or patio setting. Whether your | | | | preservative. |
| deck is holding plants, or tables and chairs, the main | | | | Search for alternative resources to your local home |
| requirements of decking materials are strength, | | | | improvement stores as well. Buying direct from a |
| durability, and an affinity for outdoor finish or paint. | | | | lumber distributor may save a significant amount of |
| Decking materials are available as ribbed or grooved | | | | money, and provide more readily available variety of |
| for better water drainage, as well as plain boards, or | | | | inventory. |
| boards with enhanced grip. | | | | Carefully select your cheap decking boards to find |
| Narrower decking boards or grooved boards are a | | | | the least distorted wood available. Select boards with |
| good choice to prevent timber rot from improper | | | | low moisture content, and straight grain. Too much |
| drainage, and for this same reason, any board wider | | | | moisture content encourages warping as the wood |
| than about 150mm is not recommended. | | | | dries, and buying boards with a slight warp to begin |
| To find good timber decking at cheap prices, ask | | | | with creates more work to make them true. |
| suppliers to look at overstock inventory, or look for | | | | Buying properly chamfered boards contributes to |
| companies that make quality boards out of less | | | | water drainage, and treating timber both above and |
| material. High quality kiln-dried boards can be much | | | | below the deck prevents water from penetrating |
| less expensive when they are slimmer, and will still be | | | | and causing rot in the supporting framework. |