Yesterday I went to Wicks to look at their 500mm x 500mm decking tiles and they were not square and the timbers on the underside were not on the edge and were not parallel or even the same offset from the edge.
They were priced at £13 and were made of thicker timber but would not work as replacement as I built concrete upstands at 250mm centres for the tiles to bear on, as a previous owner had laid the slab underneath to falls towards the house and I had to install an acco drain that runs along the back of the house, to prevent rising damp when I bought the house in 1991
Today I went to my local B&Q to look at their tiles and ended up buying a trolly load, selecting the best of what was in the two stacks on the shelve.
They didn't have 42 in stock when I got there more like 30 ish
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.I sorted out the best of the pile and filled the trolly with 14 of them
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The boot will easily take more than 14 tiles and I could always get more on the back seat, I just need to find another B&Q who has stock as I need 82 tiles in all to do the whole deck.
They were carried through the house and into the back garden, and as if by magic my daughter Kelly stop on one of the iffy looking ones and it broke under her.
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