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Need help with decking around kidney shaped pool

Russ
6 years ago

I am looking at a wooden deck (spotted gum or merbau) around the pool about 14.2 metres long by 1.5 metres wide at the street side and then wraps around one end of the pool (about 1.7 metres wide) and half way along between the pool and the house (about 2 metres wide and 6.5metres long). It gets full sun and has only soil beneath it so not sure if Merbau or Spotted Gum and then how wide the planks should be 90mm or 140mm.

Also should the planks run parallel to the pool and street or perpendicular to the pool on the street and house side and then different direction (once again perpendicular) on the driveway side. I believe that cutting the boards perpendicular to the pool gives a cleaner edge at the pool but I would prefer to see longer planks running parallel?

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