Great question so lets break it down.  Post, framing, labour, is the same as a standard deck.  That just leaves the actually decking timber & fasteners.   If you nail a hardwood deck that is 12m2 you will need roughly 720 nails which will need to be drilled, nailed and punched.  The nails will need [...]

In New Zealand timber decking is traditionally fastened with face fixings, either nails or screws which are inserted at a 90 degree angle. It’s a way of building that’s been commonplace for decades, and one we’re all familiar with. But it’s a methodology that has its flaws. Aesthetically, rows of visible nail heads or screws [...]