Sydney Decking Solutions

Decking in Sydney

The honest starting point for decking in Sydney is that you are dealing with councils that each interpret the same state controls slightly differently. Everything we specify follows from working with that rather than pretending it is not there.

Sydney is not a uniform place to work. Between everything from flat river plain to steep sandstone escarpment and reactive shale clay in the west, sandstone and sand through the coast and north, two properties in the same street can need quite different approaches to the same job.

Ask three contractors for decking in Sydney and you may get three different answers. The difference usually comes down to whether anyone has looked at ground conditions that change completely between one side of the basin and the other before pricing the job.

Call 0492 879 796 for a free measure in Sydney and we will walk the job with you before anything is priced.

What We Specify and Why

Everything we install carries a manufacturer specification, and we install to it. Warranty claims fail on installation detail far more often than on product defect.

Material selection here is driven by exposure and by use. Once you allow for access constraints that vary from a wide western verge to an inner-west rear lane, the finish and the fixings decide the service life more than the substrate does.

• Joist spacing is set by the board thickness and the direction of lay, and closing it up is what stops boards feeling springy.
• A deck is only as good as its substructure, and the substructure is what nobody sees when comparing quotes.
• Composite boards expand along their length more than timber, so end gaps are set differently.
• A deck built low to the ground needs ventilation underneath or the substructure will hold moisture and fail early.
• Merbau bleeds tannin for the first few rains, which is why a pre-coat before laying saves staining on light paving below.

Site Logistics in Sydney

We agree the working hours and the access route with you at the start. On the tighter Sydney streets that conversation saves a day, and it saves the relationship with the neighbours.

Where machine access is not possible, we say so in the quote rather than discovering it on the morning. Hand excavation on reactive shale clay in the west, sandstone and sand through the coast and north is slow and it should be priced honestly.

How We Approach a Sydney Job

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

We set out the whole run first, mark the levels, and agree the approach on site before anything is ordered. Once material is cut for a Sydney job it is committed.

• Galvanised and hardwood substructure
• Pool surround decking
• Composite and capped composite boards
• Merbau and spotted gum hardwood decks
• Hidden fixing and pre-oiled finishes
• Elevated decks with balustrade

The Decking Formats We Build

Signs It Is Time To Do Something

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

• A substructure that has rotted where it sat in contact with damp ground
• A springy feel from joists spanning further than they should
• A deck that traps moisture underneath because it was built too low without ventilation
• Balustrade that no longer meets current height and infill expectations