OUR RENOVATION JOURNEY: THE GARDENS PLANS- PHASE 2 WITH TREX COMPOSITE DECKING

It’s been two months since we had our garden levelled and cleared; all the old tree stumps and debris were removed, and we now have a pretty good blank canvas of a garden to start with.

Since I last posted my husband (with the help of our builders) even managed to fit an irrigation system in with pop ups located in the corners and centre of where the soon to be laid lawn will eventually go.

I mentioned before that since our garden is north facing, we want to add some decking to the bottom part of the garden as it’s a bit of a sun trap and so we can enjoy both spaces near the house and at the end of the garden, whilst watching our little boy play on the lawn.

This month I’m going to be working with composite decking brand Trex to help us on our way to creating our dream family friendly garden.

Together with Trex and their Trex approved fitter Steve from Living landscapes, they will be building a substructure from timber, which will then be wrapped in Trex® Protect™ beam and joist tape and then installing  8.5m x 4m of composite deck boards at the end of the garden with a 1m wide raised flower bed on the right also from decking.  You can see my vision below.

The garden plan is to have Trex Enhance composite decking area 8.5m x 4m wide at the back of the garden for lounging and for a bbq area.

I’ve chosen colour ‘Calm Water’ from their Trex Enhance Naturals collection which is an almost black shade which will complement our soon to be painted black fences, I also love how greenery pops against black backgrounds and think with the trees behind it will look really dramatic. 

This is how the garden looks today before the decking work starts.

Ordering decking from Trex was super easy as they have an online calculator which is super easy to use and will give you a clear idea on how much the decking will cost before you factor in the labour. This is if you’re going to get someone else to do it for you.

Theres also an easy – find a merchant /stockists and installers and even a button to help order some samples, so you can find someone local who is already Trex approved.

The samples even come in a very lovely well packaged box which you can see here.

But why Trex? Well to be quite honest I have done A LOT of research on composite decking and Trex just ticked every box for me.

Their boards are low maintenance as they have perfected the perfect wood – alternative to decking meaning it never needs painting, oiling or staining.

It comes with a 25-year warranty (10 years if it was a commercial property), and lastly it’s made from 98% recycled materials. Their decks are made from 95% recycled sawdust and plastic packaging.. Additionally, Trex uses some of the most earth friendly manufacturing processes available, reclaiming factory waste and eliminating the use of harmful chemicals and Trex have never felled a single tree to make a deck board.

So really it was a no brainer. It looks great, will stand the test of time for durability and is eco-friendly and sustainable.

Who’s ready to see it being built? Stay tuned for more Trex decking updates throughout this following week

This post is sponsored by Trex decking. I am receiving gifted decking in exchange for my honest and real opinion.