Thread: Timber deck with no drainage problem

How big is it?
Put a spirit level on it and see whether it has a fall.
If it has, use a holesaw and put a couple of drainplugs (as in a shower) at strategic points.
If it does not have a fall do the same but along the length in a symmetric pattern. Be careful not to drill the holes where the bearers are.
It could end up looking like they were meant to be there if you paint them the same colour as the deck.
Wolffie

The deck is 12m x 3m - I'll check the fall next time I'm there.
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Hi - while I'm looking at the fall/ the option to put in drainage...do you have a POV on the idea of going at it with a circular saw to create gaps along the length of the wood...is it a very silly idea/ much harder than I think it might be?!
Thanks again
P

I think you are going to have a helluva job keeping the saw straight at a 6 metre length with nowhere to put an edge guide. Let alone finding a 6 metre long straight guide.
I think you will come to grief halfway through.
Wolffie

You can make an edge guide by screwing 2x1's in position for each cut. Aside from that, I've never built a deck so I don't know if cutting is a good idea...although it wouldn't be my favourite option. Gut instinct tells me it just wouldn't look right. I don't know the age or condition..or design...of the deck, but is there any possibility of taking up a few boards and moving the others to create gaps? Or even better....make a few new boards with a trellis or hole pattern in them using a router. Put these in instead of some of the old ones, and paint to match.....just m2c.

Thanks Wolffie and thkoutside...
I'll go for the draining option...if folks like you wouldn't attack it with a circular saw, I suspect I'd be mad to!

All the best.
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