Thread: New Verandah

Go for Tongue and Groove - replaced the totally rotten deck of my 1920's house with T&G Jarrah and haven't regretted it. Decking would have looked terrible.

Yes you will need to look after it but look on it as the equivalent of Dry Cleaning. Sometimes we buy clothes which need dry cleaning rather than slinging in the washing machine and we accept the expense and the inconvenience because the more expensive clothes make us look and feel good.

You will hit the resale value of your house if you use decking - it gives the house "street appeal".

Even if you were completely slack and didn't do anything to maintain the verandah it would be a good few years before it really deteriorated.

The Timber advisory board will tell you what gaps to put in the T&G to take account of the time of year you are installing the board so that you don't have whopping gaps or buckling boards as the weather conditions fluctuate. I.e. don't cramp them up tight as tight if you know they are going to expand lots later and don't leave the joints sloppy if the boards are going to contract lotslater.