Decking covering rough ground

You can still put a greenhouse there if you just make the walls out of square.

If it slopes down towards the South, you'll get more Solar Radiation in the glasshouse , maybe it was deliberately sloped? Regards Don

Decking is the easiest & cheapest answer to a slope, 8" is no problem at all.

Any chance of a picture? Is the slab higher or lower than the intended deck level?

Build it up with bricks rather than wood

The mind boggles at how they make that stuff.

Not sure I can help with your q, am not really clear where the problem lies.

NT

Easy. Just throw it into place and hope. That will be tantalizing enough

Even more effective if one has imbibed from the tantalus first.

Owain

It slopes to the North :-(

Dave

No can do, unfortunately :-(

OK here goes. The garden slopes down from the back of the house (just enough to drain it). When I moved in many years ago, I dug down and created a split level effect. The lower level of about 14/16 foot, that I want to recover, is about 18 to 24 inches below the main upper portion of the garden. This lower level slopes down again by about 7 to 8 inches. I want to create a decked area that can be accessed either by the upper area, which is grassed, or from the path that goes down to the back gate, along side the path

There is no slab, but there are very well concreated kerb stones set in the ground that could be used to support a decking. What I am looking to do is use these kerbstones as support for the decking.

Is there anything that can be readily bought that will stand on top of the kerb stones that will support a frame for the decking, or is there something else I can do? Like drill the kerbstones and support the structure of the decking with?

Dave

Sounds like a good idea to me, as I tried to level the greenhouse base by adding bricks to try and level the greenhouse.

Dave

Having stopped laughing, I can see your point :-)

Dave

OK, without a picture or diagram here's what I would do.

Use the existing stones as a datum & take all other levels from them. Start by using a 4 x 2 on top of the stones, levelled & fixed down with a couple of multi montes or similar fixings.

Run 6x2 timbers from the 4x2 to whatever length you want, one each side. Support both with 3x3 posts in postcrete. Complete the rectangle with another 6x2. A 6x2 will span around 10' without support, above that use a concrete block & a post to support the joist.

You should now have a rectangular frame of 6x2 with one side of 4x2 supported by the stones.

Fill in the frame with 6x2 joists at 16" centres. Screwfix Turbo Gold Coach Screws are excellent for this

Happy to help with any design problems on or off group.

NT

In which case he was a Bozo.

Regards Don

Invite the wife's sister round and ask her to do a strip-tease in the garden shed. That'll get your wood tantalised.

Owain

Gawd, that has had me in tears the last few days :-)

Dave

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Maybe he was trying to grow plants for a temperate climate.. Nah, he was a bozo.