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Hit the decks to expand
your flooring business
As consumers tighten their home improvement budgets,
a hardwood deck becomes a highly cost effective design
option for increasing living spaces and an excellent way for
flooring contractors to expand their service offer.
Those who have followed the home renovation reality
shows on commercial TV recently (The Block, Top Designer
and The Renovators) will have noticed that outdoor decking
is a very popular design choice and one that really lifts the
aesthetic of an outdoor living space without excavation or
major drainage issues that sometimes come with masonry.
With the same skill set and equipment as indoor flooring
installation, sanding and finishing projects, timber flooring
contractors can add outdoor decking to their business
proposition. Even the same tools will handle the job.
Most solid timber flooring suppliers also mill a decking
profile and many flooring finish manufacturers offer an
outdoor range of timber finishes. With this in mind, flooring
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contractors may not even need to source new key suppliers
to tender for outdoor flooring projects.
There are certainly some lucrative business opportunities
in commercial decking projects such as wharfs, boardwalks,
commercial decking for restaurants and public spaces as
well as the domestic market.
There are a number of Australian hardwood species on the
market which are ideal for outdoor decking and come with
AFS certification which brings the product within Australian
Standards. In bush fire prone areas some species such as
Spotted Gum, Red Ironbark and Blackbutt naturally comply
with restrictions imposed by Australian Standard 3959-2009
without the need for any fire retardant treatment.
Design ideas for decking projects are endless. Timber
decking is very well-suited to sloping sites and for split-level
or two-storey construction, maximising space that would
otherwise be wasted and eliminating the need for costly
earthworks. Timber decking can also be used as a surround
for water features or pools, for seating and for vertical design
elements such as screens, gates and fences. Steps, sunken
lounges and day beds can be integrated into a timber deck
design to maximise living space.
Flooring contractors should leave their customers with a
care and maintenance schedule for their new deck including
recommendations on when to recoat the timber for best
service life. f
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