The aim of this landscaping project is to remove the rotten decking, and replace it, as well as adding in new flower borders, with a new fence around the perimeter. We got to work ripping out the old decking, which was slimy, slippery and falling to pieces.
We removed a truck load of wood; many spiders either ran away, or were saved by some of our teams’ spider lovers.
The decking is going to be replaced with Brimstone Ash decking. This is a locally grown alternative to tropical hardwood timber. It matches the durability, hardness and visual appeal of tropical woods such as, Yellow Balau, Garapa and Ipe, but supports local woodlands, and without any of the sustainability worries that are associated with tropical wood.
Brimstone Ash decking is created it with technology called thermal modification. The process involves super heating English Ash to 210° degrees which stabilises the wood, makes it durable and turns it a beautiful dark chocolate brown. It looks and smells amazing.
Thermally modified ash has been used for decking in America for some time, and is now catching on fast across mainland Europe. Brimstone Ash is, however, the first British grown product on the market. It’s very exciting to be using a newly manufactured timber, and we can’t wait to start working with it in the next couple of days.
Once we removed all the old decking, we removed large chunks of concrete and lots of old gravel that had been under the decking, to create the correct level for the new frame for the Brimstone Ash decking. Come back soon to see how this project is going…
