Non-motoring > Is Your Decking Upside Down? Miscellaneous
Thread Author: Robin O'Reliant Replies: 11

 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - Robin O'Reliant
Who knew?

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/your-decking-upside-down-grooves-20389098
 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - No FM2R
I did not. And I built my own large deck.

Not sure I think it would look better, ut I guess it makes sense.
 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - sooty123
I wonder how much of a difference it would make in terms of longevity of the wood? How do the grooves increase airflow?

What happened to zeros post?
 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - Zero
>> I wonder how much of a difference it would make in terms of longevity of
>> the wood? How do the grooves increase airflow?
>>
>> What happened to zeros post?

Someone deleted it, as they are apt to with posts of mine.
 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - Duncan
>> >> What happened to zeros post?
>>
>> Someone deleted it, as they are apt to with posts of mine.
>>

Why do you think that is?
 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - Zero

>> Why do you think that is?

I have no Idea Mr Duncan, why don't you tell me?
 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - Duncan
I can assure you, Mr Zero, that I have absolutely no idea.

It would seem that, from time to time, random posts are deleted randomly. Why that should be, I do not know.
 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - commerdriver
>> It would seem that, from time to time, random posts are deleted randomly. Why that
>> should be, I do not know.
>>
User error ?
Conspiracy?

Who knows these days?
:-)
 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - Terry
It may be that the better airflow is needed where the decking crosses a joist.

The manufacturers of decking must have smiled every time they saw an incorrectly fitted deck - more money in the bank when it rots sooner.
 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - CGNorwich
Its not only decking that gets installed upside down. Natural stone paving is sometimes installed that way too.

www.stoneworld.co.uk/right-way-to-lay-natural-stone-paving-slab/
 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - sherlock47
I have a mixture of 'decking panels' the sort of thing that you can stand plant pots on - sometimes sold with wheels. (I cannot remember the correct trade name for them :) decking tiles? all about 600mmx600mm. They were all samples from Vietnam fact6ories.

They all have grooves up - plain down. So are the factories wrong? or are they just perpetuating previous buyer errors?
 Is Your Decking Upside Down? - CGNorwich
IN the interest of scientific enquiry I checked out the decking in Homebase today. It is grooved on both sides. One is a a wide groove and the other a narrow.
Last edited by: CGNorwich on Wed 21 Apr 21 at 15:42
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