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20 March, 2020
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Sanding UK
If you planning a decking fitting process, then something important to consider and something that absolutely worth seeing is the size of the decking boards. Why this is so important, you may ask! Actually, when we talking about to decking board size, there are no specific rules to follow, however, in certain situations, some proportions work better than others do and we would like to give you some ideas that worth considering.
The length of the deck itself
If you do the plans for long deck, then maybe you are tempted to pick up longboards too, but that is not the single option to accomplish an additional lovely decking really. Thinking outside the box may result in a rare and exclusive result you will adore a lot. If you want to reach brilliant effects with your long and narrow deck, then selecting shortboards and having them installed running across the width of the deck is a perfect example for achieving quite different, but the extraordinary appearance and the illusion of increasing the width of the deck.
Another option is making a fascinating design that the length of your deck seems to be reduced and the form visually changes by using boards in other colours or by running the boards in a different direction at each end of your deck. This way you will bring in the length underline the width of your deck as well as create a very extraordinary and attractive design. If you want to carry in the length of the deck and emphasize the width you can also use wide boards.
The width of the deck
The same way that you can create an illusion for a less long and wider deck with long and narrow decks, you can use and play with different sizes of decking boards for making a certain impression and the kind of for decks that are wider than longer. In addition, you can also select the boards along the width of the deck and that way also increasing it.
The shape of the deck
Using different widths and lengths of decking boards or mixing and matching them gives you the excellent opportunity to visually change the shape of the deck. Octagonal and hexagonal decks can simply to change their form visually with a mixture of other boards installed. On this way will help you to decrease the cost of the project.
Traditional or modern look
By changing the width and length of the decking boards you can also entirely modification the impression the feel, style and atmosphere your deck accomplishments! Delightful, right? A new stylish appearance is easy to be realized with extra-narrow boards, while wide boards are excellent to bring that comfy, traditional and even country-inspired look.