I am writing a specification for a raised area in the shape of a hexagon and need help. One will be 4m from corner to corner and two others will be 3m corner to corner. They will be made of timber and have a decking top. Please could you give me an idea of how to build one of these. The hexagons will stand 150mm high from lawn.
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Well sounds like you have taken on a job you don't know a thing about lol.
Well what you will need to do is mark a circle on the floor to the size of the deck then measure the radius then divide it by six, then you come up with your size per section
You will have to have a angle of 22.5 degrees or 30 degrees for your cut best thing you can do is get a roofing batten and make a model of it with that before you start so you get the angles right, i have not done one of these yet but i have a good idea of how to do it, you need to basically make the frame up then move it into position.
conrete the posts in i hate seeing the tommoy walsh way of doing it and sitting the deck on blocks.
I have done a lot of decking and the reason it is slippy is people use the grooved decking that means your foot has less contact with the timber thus creates the slip, i only use the flat decking and i have never had a problem with a customer slipping.
Decking has its good points too you know like on sloping areas where you can create a area with out spending a fortune.
I have just nearly finnished a job and will post a pic of it and you see that in the right place decking cannot be beaten.
Well what you will need to do is mark a circle on the floor to the size of the deck then measure the radius then divide it by six, then you come up with your size per section
You will have to have a angle of 22.5 degrees or 30 degrees for your cut best thing you can do is get a roofing batten and make a model of it with that before you start so you get the angles right, i have not done one of these yet but i have a good idea of how to do it, you need to basically make the frame up then move it into position.
conrete the posts in i hate seeing the tommoy walsh way of doing it and sitting the deck on blocks.
I have done a lot of decking and the reason it is slippy is people use the grooved decking that means your foot has less contact with the timber thus creates the slip, i only use the flat decking and i have never had a problem with a customer slipping.
Decking has its good points too you know like on sloping areas where you can create a area with out spending a fortune.
I have just nearly finnished a job and will post a pic of it and you see that in the right place decking cannot be beaten.