Larch Wood Deck on an Incline

The requirement for this project was to build a deck area on sloping ground which would encompass 3 large seating areas plus a series of raised beds. The decks were to wrap around the house.

The first few pics show the team laying out the site and digging out various areas where the wood would be sitting. As the client did not have a set plan for the project he left it up to us to devise a strategy as to how to get the deck to flow around the house.

From a small deck at the top we created a number of stairs leading down to the large middle deck which also had a bench seat which was incorporated into the plan to retain a bank of soil. There was also a smaller deck running off which had access to a compost area.

From this deck we created 2 staircases which were separated by sleeper beds. The use of the French Oak sleepers certainly gives the whole construction a feeling of solid chunkiness and suggests a construction that is here to stay. This leads down to a third deck area and long steps finish it off.

The deck itself was constructed of larch wood timber and the boards were 2 inches thick by 6 inches wide. This type of wood is almost double the normal width for a deck board and certainly gives the construction a feeling of solidness.