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Decking - maintenance/replacement?
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We moved recently and the new house has two good sized areas of decking. A main deck of about 4m x 10m (plus a couple of side bits), plus a large balcony. Decking is supposedly teak, it is 4/5 years old and showing signs of twisting, warping etc. planks are held down by pins/nails (not screws).
Firstly, is there anything that I can do to help "maintain" it (ie reduce the warping/twisting)? Like going along and tapping more pins in etc? Will rinsing it down and recoiling help or is this mainly cosmetic?
Secondly, should we be considering replacing the decking with a composite decking? Is thisuch lower maintenance and longer lasting? Does anyone have experience of this sort of artificial decking?
Thanks
We moved recently and the new house has two good sized areas of decking. A main deck of about 4m x 10m (plus a couple of side bits), plus a large balcony. Decking is supposedly teak, it is 4/5 years old and showing signs of twisting, warping etc. planks are held down by pins/nails (not screws).
Firstly, is there anything that I can do to help "maintain" it (ie reduce the warping/twisting)? Like going along and tapping more pins in etc? Will rinsing it down and recoiling help or is this mainly cosmetic?
Secondly, should we be considering replacing the decking with a composite decking? Is thisuch lower maintenance and longer lasting? Does anyone have experience of this sort of artificial decking?
Thanks
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could try replacing with screws, sure its meant to be done that way to stop movement/warpingEx forum ambassador
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