Handyman 2 Your Rescue East Ayrshire

07914 022612 john@handyman2yourrescue.co.uk

New timber deck inside a horizontal slatted fence

Handyman 2 Your Rescue · East Ayrshire

Decking

Built solid, or brought back.

Built, repaired, boards replaced and cleaned back up.

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No job too small
Free look, free price
Family run business
Rubbish taken away

Decking

Decking across East Ayrshire

Decking lives or dies on the frame underneath and on how much air can get under it.

A deck that is bouncy, soft in places or greasy in the winter is usually telling you about the joists, the spacing or the drainage — not just the boards on top.

John builds new decking, replaces the boards that have gone on an existing one, and firms up frames that have started to sag. He will also just clean and treat a deck that is structurally fine and only looks past it.

Finished decking with a sleeper edge beside a new lawn and slabbed path — Deck, sleeper edge, lawn and path done as one job.

Jobs he gets called for

A new deck off the back door or across a sloping garden
Boards gone soft or springy in one area
The whole thing bouncing or rocking when you walk on it
Green and slippy every winter no matter what you put on it
Handrails or spindles loose, or steps that have worked free
An old deck that needs taken out completely and the ground made good

How it goes

How the job goes

No surprises and nothing starts before you know the price.

A flat back garden of grass behind a new horizontal slatted fence, before any decking is built — Where it starts. A flat bit of grass and a new fence.

A treated timber deck frame with its supports set in concrete, built over a weed membrane, with the first boards going down — The frame. Treated timber, supports set in concrete, membrane underneath, joists close enough that nothing flexes.

Pergola posts up on a new deck before the final tidy — Posts, pergola and edges finished, then the offcuts go in the van.

LookUnderneath as well as on top — the frame is where the answer is. Free.
SayYou get told honestly whether it is a repair, a re-board, or start again.
BuildFrame set right, boards down with proper gaps, edges and steps finished.
TidyOld boards and offcuts away in the van, ground left clear.

What it costs

Priced after a look. A deck across a level garden and a deck on posts down a slope are very different amounts of work even at the same square metres.

If the frame is sound and only the boards have gone, a re-board is a lot cheaper than a new deck — and John will tell you when that is what you are looking at.

Recent jobs

Decking John has done

His own photos, off his phone, finished and handed back.

Finished timber decking with a pergola against a brick wall — Decking with a pergola

Timber deck inside a new horizontal slatted fence — Deck and slatted fence

Composite deck with timber balustrade and steps at a back door — Composite deck, balustrade and steps

Low timber deck along the back of a house with a new fence behind — Low deck along the back of the house

Narrow decking run along a house wall, new fence at the end — Narrow run along the wall

Timber pergola over an existing deck, brick wall behind — Pergola over an existing deck

Decking stepping down to a slabbed path and new lawn — Deck, slabs and lawn together

Decking under a timber pergola beside a conservatory — Pergola decking by the conservatory

Questions

Common questions

Is my deck worth saving?

If the joists and posts are solid it usually is, and re-boarding costs a fraction of starting again. If the frame is rotten, patching the top is money away and he will say so.

How do you stop it going green?

Air and water are the whole story — proper gaps between boards, decent airflow underneath, and not letting leaves sit on it all winter. A wash and a treatment on top of that keeps it right.

Can you build decking on a slope?

Yes, on posts. It is more work than a flat garden and the price reflects that, but it is often the only way to get usable space out of a sloping back garden.

Composite or timber?

Timber costs less to put down and needs looking after. Composite costs more and mostly does not. John will fit either — tell him which way you are leaning and he will be straight about the trade-off.

Do you take the old decking away?

Yes. It comes up and it goes in the van.

Areas

Where John works

Based in Stewarton and out across East Ayrshire seven days a week. If your town is not here, phone anyway — he is probably passing.

Often done at the same time

Book a visit

Pick a day and time — John comes to you

Rather just get booked in? Choose when suits and John will come out to look and give you a price. You’ll get a confirmation email in the next few minutes when your booking slot is confirmed.

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Get a price for decking

Phone John, or send a photo on WhatsApp and he will tell you what he thinks. The look and the price are free.

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10B Dunlop St, Stewarton, Kilmarnock KA3 5AS · seven days a week

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