Garden Event @ Wickes 27th April - 30th April (25% discount on ALL Deck Boards, Deck Lights, Trellis, Sleepers, Border Log Rolls, Landscape Fabrics and 2.5L Apply & Protect Decking Stain + More)

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  Bobef901 year, 3 weeks ago #1Show comment toolsReply

  Don't buy Wickes decking products. We built a new deck with Wickes products in 2008. Within six months all the uprights had started splitting badly. This was depite treating all the posts with Wickes timber treatment. After a year every single upright has got splits the entire length. It looks awful and obviously the ife expectancy of these has now reduced dramatically.
  Wickes came and inspected te decking. Claimed that it was quite usual for that to happen. (I have fence posts in my garden that are thirty years old and have not split.) They offered to give me 20 odd replacement posts as a good will gesture. But not the Thousand pound labour costs etc to rebuild it.
  When they came around with their 'independent inspector' their attitude and manner was disgraceful. I wasn't there but my parner felt intimidated and uncomfortable.
  The independent inspector I since found out is a supplier of theirs.
  My own Surveyors both said the timber had been poorly seasoned and inadequately treated prior to sale.
  Stay clear.
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  equalityforall1 year, 3 weeks ago #2Show comment toolsReply

  Thanks, will check this out. Also, thanks to Bobef90 above, as something to watch for too.
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  Geemac1 year, 3 weeks ago #3Show comment toolsReply

  Surprised this isn’t hotter, saved me £30 odd quid thanks OP :D
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  goonertillidie[helper]1 year, 2 weeks ago #4Show comment toolsReply

  Extended until end of today :)

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