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    Hi,

    I have a patio that is currently slate tiled and it looks like crap. It's ok for the first couple of months after sealing but then ends up looking like crap. So I'm thinking about putting decking over the top of it. The patio is 3.8m wide x 6.4m long. I'm assuming that I put battens down over the slate to nail the decking to and then some posts off the end of the patio to tie it all together. Does this sound like a sensible idea or am I dreaming?

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    Hi,

    Sounds a bit like a job I did not too long ago. Here is the link to all the questions I asked.

    http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=40074

    Hope it helps.

    Help ma boab, the bairns goat it awe wrang!

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    thanks hootsmon (must be a scot!) - I hope my dog likes it too, she's a staffy cross
    looks like I might need around 280 lm - this could get expensive!

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    How thick do the bearers need to be? They will be bolted to a slab (through the slate).

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