Rouse Hill Timber

Decking in Rouse Hill

Rouse Hill sits in the north west growth area, and the ground reflects it. Working over heavy shale clay over engineered fill from the estate benching, on terraced lots where each pad was cut level and the boundary carries the drop, we design decking for what the site will do over the next twenty years rather than for how it looks on the day.

We have been doing decking across Rouse Hill long enough to know which streets throw up surprises. The one that catches people out most often is developer-built boundaries that all reach the end of their warranty at once.

We are based at Wentworthville and Rouse Hill is well inside our regular run, so a site visit is a short trip rather than a scheduling problem.

Talk to us before you commit to anything. Call 0492 879 796 and we will tell you what your Rouse Hill job actually involves, including the parts nobody enjoys paying for.

Materials and Specification

There is no premium in over-specifying something that was never going to fail. We put the money where Rouse Hill conditions actually attack the job, which is generally at ground level and at the fixings.

Colour and finish choice around Rouse Hill tends to follow the streetscape more than personal taste, particularly on blocks where you are working with alfresco slabs that finish tight against the boundary and limit working room.

• Composite boards expand along their length more than timber, so end gaps are set differently.
• A deck is only as good as its substructure, and the substructure is what nobody sees when comparing quotes.
• Hidden fixings look better and remove the row of screw heads, but they demand a more accurate substructure.
• A deck built low to the ground needs ventilation underneath or the substructure will hold moisture and fail early.
• Joist spacing is set by the board thickness and the direction of lay, and closing it up is what stops boards feeling springy.

What Usually Brings People To Us

Ask three contractors for decking in Rouse Hill and you may get three different answers. The difference usually comes down to whether anyone has looked at lot pads separated by half a metre or more of level change before pricing the job.

• A springy feel from joists spanning further than they should
• Balustrade that no longer meets current height and infill expectations
• Boards that have cupped and split after years without oil
• A deck that traps moisture underneath because it was built too low without ventilation

Decking Configurations We Install

The Way We Run a Rouse Hill Project

We photograph the site before we start and again at completion. On a Rouse Hill job that record settles most questions about what was there and what changed.

Services are located before excavation, every time. Around Rouse Hill the older streets carry runs that are not where the plans say they are, and a strike is expensive for everyone.

• Elevated decks with balustrade
• Merbau and spotted gum hardwood decks
• Hidden fixing and pre-oiled finishes
• Low level decks over existing slabs
• Steps, landings and transitions
• Pool surround decking

Regulation and Compliance in Rouse Hill

Where a job needs approval we say so at quote stage rather than after the deposit. It is one of the few parts of a Rouse Hill project that cannot be fixed later.

Heritage conservation, bushfire prone land and flood planning levels all sit on top of the standard controls in parts of the north west growth area. Any of the three can change what is permitted on a boundary.