Installing a B&Q Composite Decking | Neva | Grey | GoodHome | Blooma Hattan Solar Lights #diy

Installing a grey hollow board composite decking made by GoodHome. this grey hollow board composite deck is sold by the UK company B&Q. it's called Neva Grey and built into a timber frame. Am also making a basic railway sleepers style raised flower bed. the deck is finished off with B&Q
Blooma Hattan Brushed Silver effect Solar-powered Blue LED Decking light
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[@vietnamesehomecooking3087]

Your work is awesome! You did a really good job!

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Tour too kind, thank you 😊

[@carlwaylett7013]

Hi Chris great job yet again 👍day and half work 👍look forward to the next video 👍

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thanks Carl. I've got a few short ones to upload soon

[@jasongardener3425]

Really like the grey, you make it look so easy, which we know is not the case, looks great, top quality work 👌👍

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thanks very much, I enjoy this type of work. But my body isn't so keen 🤣

[@dagtailgroundmaintenance]

you add some great info in your videos mate and I like how you go about your work. Great work ethic. I like taking on the odd job like this myself but getting materials can be a nightmare at the moment and my local merchant for timber recently closed. It was a fencing company but you could get everything in one place. decking, gates, specials made and so on....

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thanks pal. Materials have been really tough and sadly think it'll get worse for a while yet. Lots of my fencing jobs have been delayed due to concrete issues. Thanks for watching and hope your keeping busy 👍

[@TheFullyChargedGardener]

A very clean modern look - Great work buddy 👍

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thanks pal. Not something I would have at home but a very easy material to have in the garden.

[@cosworthization]

Amazing work. Well nice.

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thanks very much 👍👍

[@andyhastings4034]

Fine job

[@Pappajb26]

Great work, nice one.

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thanks very much 👍

[@anthonyrowberry3154]

Nicely done top job 👏

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thanks very much

[@claireangier3322]

Nice one Chris! 👍

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thank you very much 😊

[@thegeordiefellwalker8878]

another happy customer no doubt 👍

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

They sent me the last pictures that evening with a nice message 👍👍

[@scottellwoodgardening287]

Another top job mate. I think it will become more popular if they can get the price down a bit more. People don’t see the benefits of paying extra for the longevity of it I don’t think.

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thanks pal. This is the second composite deck this year with one other booked in. For a DIY material this is fairly reasonable at 12.50£ per 2.2m .

[@hungrywolf4903]

I must remember the technique of holding down the square with my knee, that's blilliant

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

👍👍👍

[@6Shery9]

Nice video, just wanted to ask which model circular saw you used to cut the sleepers?

[@LawnRight]

Chris, thank you for doing this. I wish you lived closer. DIY isnt my strong point but this makes it seem possible. At the back of the decking is it a house, clad with composite boards? I saw you hung a wood length into it for the decking. Anyway thanks

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

The building behind is a composite clade garage. I built the frame separate from that as it isn't the clients, but if it was theirs then I would have done that. Most DIY tasks are easy when broken down into small parts 🤣

[@stevehiggins1263]

Nice looking deck, how will the treated wood fair sitting directly on the dirt? I assume it's protected but was curious if it would be longer lasting on a gravel base? I am considering a shed build at home in the upcoming weeks and was looking to build a timber base similar to the deck base.

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

None of the decking frame is sat on the soil, the sleeper is and will eventually rot like all timber. When I build shed bases I try to build them onto sleepers or a concrete slab. If you lay timber onto a concrete slab best to wrap it in a BPM. I did this in my summerhouse video.

[@stevehiggins1263]

@@TheCountryCottageGardener I will give that a watch now thanks.

[@elliotgay5458]

I fitted this board a couple of years ago and on one of the boards a crack appeared and then a hole. I contacted B&Q and they said I have installed it incorrectly apparently I should have left a 20mm expansion gap around the edges and the joists should have been at 300mm centres - I left 10mm and did the joists at 350mm!

[@hungrywolf4903]

20 mm expansion gap is bs i reckon, that'd be huge and ugly, and surely won't be 20

[@kened6866]

Good job and really useful video as i've started to install one with a step but not sure about the corners and edges. I have the L profile edge strip for the vertical corners and the Aluminum parts i presume (?) for the 'bull-nose' of the step (?), but not sure..... do you or anyone have any advice, where do i find instructions for how to install these parts? (not sure which to fit)

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Hi. Thanks for your comment. The bullnose will be just for the steps. Am guessing you've got solid boards? These can be screwed down directly. If yo do that I'd pre drill and counter sink the holes. With the L profiles I just use a good all contact adhesive. Which brand is the decking too?

[@kened6866]

@@TheCountryCottageGardener Thanks for getting back. the deck boards are hollow, the B&Q Neva same as you;ve fitted, there are no instructions. seems to me that contact adhesive will be kicked off eventually by foot-fall and there's no way of hiding the fixing. i note that in your video you've screwed the 'riser' i.e. side of deck before placing the L strip.

[@rhys9547]

Hi mate great job! I've almost completed my composite decking area using the same boards from B&Q, did you notice a spring noise coming from any of the clips when walking over the boards? only a few areas are making the noise - maybe they need tightening down a bit more?

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Hi. Thanks for watching my video. I've installed using these clips a fair few times now and never had any sounds from them moving. I would say they need tightening down a bit more. Thanks again for watching and I hope you enjoy my other videos too 👍

[@rhys9547]

@@TheCountryCottageGardener I'll give it a go cheers mate

[@Joey-hu3ed]

How much per square meter does compersit cost ?

[@reillez1981]

I really want to do something like this myself but my back 😢

[@wurzel1873]

Done a nice job of that. Can I ask, how is the corner trim doing considering you glued it on with grip fix or something as I may need to do the same after I've put the skirting trim on

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

I've used grip fill and sticks like for the last few years on installs. Not had any issues from clients yet.

[@wurzel1873]

@@TheCountryCottageGardener that's good to know thankyou. 👍

[@andrewlangridge8619]

Hello, quick question, do you use a dpm between the sleepers and soil?

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

I used weed fabric when laid horizontal and DPM when :vertical

[@zornica1979]

Great job,look amazing:)what glue you used for the ending?

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thanks. It's called gripfil

[@danieldecristofaro2683]

Hi - i’m looking to do the same using the B&Q panels however i’m unable to find any fascia panels or corner trims on b&q. Do you mind providing a link for where you sourced your corner trims? Thanks!

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Hi. Thanks for watching. I belive this decking has been discontinued now so not being made.

[@danieldecristofaro2683]

@@TheCountryCottageGardener Thanks for your reply! Can you suggest any other suppliers?

[@krcright9746]

Odd question i know.. but what work bottoms you wearing ?

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

www.newforestclothing.co.uk/percussion-savane-hunting-trousers.html

[@DNDCB]

Looks great mate. Do you have a link to the decking lights/connections etc? Well done 👍

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thanks very much for watching. Hope you also enjoy my other videos 👍 this is the link for the blue decking lights www.diy.com/departments/blooma-hattan-brushed-silver-effect-solar-powered-blue-led-decking-light-pack-of-6/1872120_BQ.prd

[@paulb3517]

At 11.10 Chris why did u use screws rather than timber bolts?

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

150mm Timber lock screws. More than enough for that light load.

[@charleyandjosh4322]

Hey, been thinking about using the b&q composite decking but after reading the online reviews I'm not too sure. Hardly any good feedback. Would you still recommend this decking now? Thanks 👍

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

I've used it on a few jobs with no issues. Strangely this client Jin you've just watched has booked me in to landscape his front garden. They still love the decking and had no issues

[@carpingdownsouth7082]

Are you worried about composite decking fencing and door frames now coming with a fire hazard ? Do you still use this product ?

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Hi. In short, no I don't worry about it. I've put small off cuts onto a bonfire before to see what it was like. It didn't combust any different to timber. Having never used composite for doorways or Fencing I can't comment on those.

[@andrewreeves9492]

good content and really like the way you filmed and edited the footage, I'm thinking a new career 👍

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

🤣 I enjoy the filming and editing the most. Thanks for watching 👍

[@brendanmorgan8832]

Where do you get the lights from. Thanks

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

@@brendanmorgan8832 Toolstation

[@attic0]

Great video. I’m about to do a deck with the same B&Q boards. I wasn’t sure if you left an expansion gap between the butted ends? Is it needed for these boards? I have only got the clips that go between rows, not the starter angled ones. Did you get these from B&Q too, as I can’t find them. Thanks

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Hi Paul. Thank for watching. In the b and q clip pack you will have a few starter clips too. On the face board I screwed these in without a gap as it it's two boards going together. Good luck with your project, I think b and q have a long delivery time currently

[@attic0]

@@TheCountryCottageGardener thanks for the reply - haven’t tipped the box out yet, so didn’t know that! I’ve got an 8m run, so will have 4 boards butted in a row. Would you recommend a gap for that length? I brought a car boot load home yesterday, so can get started without the delivery wait!!

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

In the box you should have some plastic spacers which you can use. I go for a 6mm gap. If am using more than one face board I'll put a gap in to keep the same look. Which colour did you go for? My local store only stocks the dark grey not this lighter one.

[@attic0]

@@TheCountryCottageGardener thanks again - must look in that box of bits 😀 Yes, it’s the dark grey I’ve got. I’m doing a 1st floor balcony. Decided to lay it directly on the existing wooden one, as I think the air flow underneath will allow it to still dry out.

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

I did another decking video in a balcony area. That might be of interest to you. Personally I'd take any old decking up and maybe (if good) use the old frame. I installed the dark grey one for another client last week. It's a very nice product, cut very well.

[@Effy2123]

Mate treat yourself to a speed square will make your square cuts with the skill saw 100x faster, rather than using your roofing square 👍🏻

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Thanks for the tip 👍

[@atifmanzoor63]

I don’t know why it’s called composite decking when 70 percent is timber

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

Because it a material made up of several elements. In this case wood and plastic bounded together to make decking.

[@ceriseivey5133]

Lumber should never touch dirt. Regardless if its treated. never ever. It will rot.

[@hungrywolf4903]

Unless you are planning to revisit in a year or two🙃

[@kevinnuttall7858]

Great video DO Not fit this decking it rots after 4 years it is rubbish save your money YES IT ROTS BELIEVE IT OR NOT

[@MrPaultopp]

Shame it’s to hot to walk on in summer....beware pet owners....and a No No for kids ........IT BURNS

[@TheCountryCottageGardener]

I've installed for 30 odd customers over the last few years and none have had a single issue with heat in the UK. Am afraid I completely disagree with your comment.