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Decking in new house

James
9 år sedan
Me and my girlfriend have just got our new house, previous owner has decked the whole garden and we need some help to make it more green?
Any help would be much appreciated.
( Sorry If I posted this twice)
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  • jacksplash
    9 år sedan
    Large pot plants and a nice table and chairs would I think look nice here.
    Good luck in your new home!

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    • James
      Författare
      9 år sedan
      thanks very much! all very exciting :-)
    • alant1000
      9 år sedan
      You could also possibly remove half the decking dependent on how it's constructed underneath, a specialist decking company or carpenter would make a good job of this I'm sure. Then grass over the area.

      There are also some excellent artificial lawns available, if you covered an area you really would be hard pushed to notice.
      James thanked alant1000
    • James
      Författare
      9 år sedan
      The land below was at a slant so its a bit odd, it has concrete posts in and is basically on stilts. I think our only option is to keep it but jazz it up a bit.

      We had been thinking of artificial lawns, are they of a good quality these days?
    • alant1000
      9 år sedan
      Yes artificil lawns come in various finishes but the higher end ones are excellent, they even come in different grass blade lengths with realistic dead bits of hatching type grass mixed in.

      Go to ebay and type luxury artificial lawn and you'll be surprised.
    • PRO
      Stella Michael
      9 år sedan
      Jacksplash's idea is great, the photo makes it come alive. You could also hang pots of ivy-like plants off the posts. Consider how you would use the artificial lawn, for example I tend to walk barefoot most of the time whatever the weather and prefer a natural feel beneath my feet so would prefer wood to fake grass but if you almost always wear shoes it may be ok. I stayed somewhere once carpeted in astroturf and although fine for a few days wouldn't want to walk on it all the time.
    • James
      Författare
      9 år sedan
      the thought of how it would feel on the feet, odly, never came to me!
    • PRO
      Barton Fields Patio & Landscape Centre
      9 år sedan
      Hi James. Check out Verde Turf, we have supplied this for a few years now and is a very good quality artificial turf. (There are now many cheap imports on the market)
      Personally, I find decking extremely slippy and quite dangerous especially during winter months. Strongly consider removing some of it (or you can now purchase anti-slip strips although they are quite expensive) I had a similar scenario last year when I moved house, all the back garden was decked and my little boy kept slipping over so it all came up and was paved. I know this is expensive to do but you could just take up a section nearest the house.
      All the best, Dan @ Barton Fields
    • bridgendrd
      9 år sedan
      Something like this?
      James thanked bridgendrd
    • James
      Författare
      9 år sedan
      we really like this last one! may try to merge the ideas a bit! thanks very much guys!
    • PRO
      Arthur Road Landscapes
      9 år sedan
      It looks like a big deck so you need to be bold to really transform it. Use large rectangular planters to create rooms in the garden. Place them so that you cant see to the end of the garden but it looks like a path you would want to travel down. By using large planters you can put in large plants like small silver birch trees or japanese acers. If you feel really bold paint the fences black, they will recede from view and make the space feel wider. Check, the location of the joists for weight bearing potential.
    • James
      Författare
      9 år sedan
      thanks guys getting some really good feedback, we should be in tomorrow so can start making plans
    • James
      Författare
      9 år sedan
      we are in now, haven't done the garden yet but thought I'd show the living room to allthat that helped us so far ( only room finished so far!)
    • jacksplash
      9 år sedan
      Looks great!
      James thanked jacksplash
    • adiskarra
      9 år sedan
      Where it slants have the decking with a table and chairs then u have a flat ground for flowers or anything else
      James thanked adiskarra
    • Leslie Celis
      9 år sedan
      I think you should investigate about trees and them roots. Choose one tree that the roots grow directly to the grown in straight line so you dont have problems in the future when it grows.
      Cut some part of the deck so you let space to it for growin.
      In the other hand you have this plants that grow on the walls - so it would look nice at least one wall completly green + a tree + huge basket with flowers. Some table with at least 4 chairs and a huge umbrella in case of hot sun.

      Regards
      James thanked Leslie Celis
    • PRO
      Landscape Design by James Brunton-Smith Limited
      9 år sedan
      I don't see why you couldn't introduce a section of artificial turf through the existing deck (a little like we have done in the attached example). Artificial turf is a fantastic material and when used like this it forms a feature around which we set the patio furniture.

      Large bold planters could be introduced down one side see www.designscapeuk.com for an interesting range of styles and colours. Combined with LED spotlights retro fitted into the surface in an interesting pattern this would start to develop the space.

      There is also the possibility to create planting holes within the deck into which trees could be set - probably on a simple grid and uplit.

      Above all keep it simple and the space will become interesting and designed.
    • christa1990
      9 år sedan
      Maybe paint the actual decking, there are lovely colours out there as this decking and shed area looks a bit boring.
      You could put large planters on the decking and plants such as honeysuckle, jasmin etc that can grow up trellis attached tto the fence, provides colour and a fab smell when you have your conservatory doors open.
      Add solar lights to the pots, you can get ones that change colour and look realy pretty, don't need to go mad with them, also another lovely feature would be a water feature.These come in all shapes and sizes and again the sound in summer is lovely.
    • James
      Författare
      9 år sedan
      we were thinking to tan the decking but figured this would mostly wash away?! thanks everyone for the suggestions by the way didn't expect such great responses to this!
    • richardedd
      9 år sedan
      We had a similar issue when we moved in to our house, we didn't have the money to remove it and I was not up for trying to do that myself, so I advertised it on freecycle and our local small adds as 'free decking' with the condition that whoever wanted it had to remove it! I had a ridiculous ammount of interest and in the end had to choose who would have it and ended up with a local builder coming and taking it away! It took him and two others half a day and then we put grass seed down
    • James
      Författare
      9 år sedan
      this is a very interesting idea actually!
    • James
      Författare
      9 år sedan
      thinking to use corner garden sofa to make use of the space?!

      I might be getting carried away but I really want to get a fire pit table, any suggestions?!
    • richardedd
      9 år sedan
      Try planikafires.Com for some modern outdoor fires ideas or if you want blow your budget amazing try harry Leenders outdoor fireplace. Otherwise alfresco. Co. UK have a good value range.
    • James
      Författare
      9 år sedan
      taken a while so I'm sure this thread is dead now but this is progress with the garden! Looking much better than the dead wood, built a small section of grass for our new pet Reggie (who I included a picture of also as he is the best bit of our new house!)
    • alant1000
      9 år sedan
      Great transformation, ready for the summer!
    • jacksplash
      9 år sedan
      Looks great and that's the cutest dog!
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