To make it as convenient and straightforward as possible, Nish has designed the kits so that all you'll need are a couple of drills, and some basic tools-like a mallet, tape measure, and drill and drive bits. You might want a composite deck or a wider board or a treated pine - it doesn't matter."
"Not everybody wants to use prefabricated panels, so it's designed so you can use any decking material you like. "The system's designed to fit in existing areas, so if you've got an area that doesn't fit the frames, you can cut them down to size to fit your space and customise your deck," Frosts says. If you have an awkwardly shaped yard floor plan, never fear. The process of selecting your deck begins online with their Good Times Decking Planner, where you can determine your costs, what products you'll need, and the product item numbers from Bunnings. "If you're using treated pine because you want something very small, temporary, or something on the basic cost of decking, you're looking at around $105 a square metre." "It comes with a pre-fabricated modular base, adjustable feet and a choice of decking timbers, so you can lay it straight over the top of surfaces like concrete and old paving."įrost says the entry level cost can be astoundingly affordable - in fact, you could get away with building your entire deck for under $2000. However, Good Times modular decking will set you back just a few hundred dollars, depending how ambitious your plans are," Barber told ninemsn Homes. "Putting on a deck could end up blowing your whole $5000 budget. Image: Cherie Barber of Renovation for Profit Leading renovation expert and director of Renovating for Profit Cherie Barber is a huge fan of the cost-saving modular deck system, working directly with Frost and Nish on a number of decking projects, including this stunning budget Chippendale studio terrace renovation. So there's no posting, there's no holes to dig, everything can be planned online." How much does it cost? Or if you've got grass or soil, just take away a bit of that organic material, drop in a concrete paver, and that's your footing. If someone's got an existing concreted area or a bad spot in the yard, you can build straight up over existing surface. We put Scott - who's a builder - against another carpenter, against another chippie, and Scott's build was two and a half hours."ĭepending on how you screw in the boards it may tack on a couple of extra hours to the build, but you would still save about a day and a half's labour costs. To give you an idea - on the website we did a video time lapse deck build. How long does it take?Ĭompared to a non-refab deck build, there's a huge difference in the time, according to Frost. "It's such an easy approach to building a deck that anyone can do it," Frost says. See also Corex panels.The system is designed so that you don't need to be a tradie to pull off a successful deck build. In its lower position the clear heights are 2.0m above and 2.1m below. In a typical arrangement with the liftable deck in its intermediate position there will be clear heights of 1.7m above and 2.4m below. When carrying cars, the mobile scissors lift is moved under each panel in turn and lowers it to required position. When not required, the panels are stowed close against the deckhead above and locked in place by semi-automatic locking devices. As a result, the maintenance requirements are minimal. Liftable car decks – Liftable car decks have no integral lifting mechanism but are deployed by a mobile scissors lift. The panels are stowed below the deck above. The deck is operated by means of a drive system consisting of a wire and hydraulic jigger winch mounted externally inside the ship structure, or internally into panels. At each end, access ramps with entering flaps are provided. Hoistable deck – A hoistable car deck has a number of separate panels hinged together.
There are three types of car decks and platforms hoistable decks, liftable decks and sidepivoting decks. They may be stowed away when not required.
Except for pure car carriers, car decks are usually designed to be movable. Light decks fitted in ferries and ro-ro vessels.
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