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Fark I thought all was going well until I just got home to find that it didn't dry - it's still tacky and you can tell it's really patchy..... It looks pretty bad.

What do I do from here.....

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I just have a question about what you shouldn't put on deck to avoid stains. I have a couple of pots that I wish to use. The first set has those little feet, which I presume are good. The...

Thanks guys,

On Saturday night there was a pretty heavy frost so the deck took a while to dry (about 11am). I got a coat on and it came up really well and dried very nicely. I don't think I could...

I have decided to go an oil - see if I like it and how long it lasts - I may use spa and deck in the future.

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Ok utemad:

I can do the first coat Sunday and a second coat Monday at 10am....

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I am at the stage of oiling my completed deck. I gave it a clean today and it's drying out. I plan on hitting it with a coat in the morning - waiting the hour or two as recommend and...

I will bump this up cause I am interested in the most popular choice....

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I usually spend a lot of time in the deck building area of this forum but I now find myself in the need of guidance in regards to laying pavers.
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How long before it started to fade so to speak?

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Just wondering if anyone has heard/used ecowoodoil on the deck. A guy in my street swears by it ( tho, not on a merbau deck which I am building)
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Ok guys - I am a little worried.

I have been laying my mebaru decking boards over the last few weekends. The first set I did was about 14 or so. After I laid them we got rain and I noticed the...

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Sitting at home watching the rain - wishing I was able to finish my deck :~

I was just wondering what people do with all the off cuts of decking boards - merbau in my case?

I was...

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I am after some advice hopefully it's asimple question and someone could help me out.

I have found some nice pavers that I wish to use as a garden bed edging ( spliting what will be...

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I am in of some advice quickly.

When laying merbau decks ( SS scres) and making a butt join is it best to leave a gap or expansion? or lay it flush?

any advice would be great?

2mm enough?

Ok the carbi tool is unreal! well worth the money!

Quick question - when butt joining merbau - do you need to leave a spacing or is it flush???

Ok guys.

I got the screws today ( see photo below ). I was originally looking at screws at my local Mitre 10 (topfix I think) and the screw heads where a lot smaller than these ones ( both say...

Thanks for everyones help with this - it's been great.

I ordered the SS screws today, all ready for the weekend. I am going to use 5mm spacing between the boards.

I am interested in finding...

Yeah he is a 1st year apprietence - glad they aren't building my deck :oo:

That's what I thought - but I was talking to a builder at the gym and he reckons wit Merbau it looks really good.

I will see if I can get some gold ones today to do a test run. Will let people...

Hey has anyone seen or heard about gold 10g screws before? :rolleyes:

Cheers adam,

I will look at the 65mm screws now. I know you said to stay clear of MM. put I do have friend who can get me a good staff discount on them - should I still aviod that brand (topfix)?...

Hi everyone,

I have been doing lots of research since my first post.

I actually live arcoss the road from a new display village and I often walk up there to get ideas for decks - this is where...

Without a dobut :)

anyone recommend what type of nail going into TP?

I have heard bad things about nail guns - I would perfer to pre-drill as well, I don't mind taking my time.

Hi all,

have been reading this forum for a while now but this is my first post.

Started building our first deck - what a great help this site has been. I have have posted up two photos which...