The word deck, means deck, floor, and hence the standardization of the word to name these areas. The proliferation of wooden Darwin Decks and floors has its explanation in that this noble material gives an important touch to the home and at the same time adds the practicality of its use in galleries and solariums or paths.
Practicality because wood, having little heat absorption, is suitable for walking barefoot, to which is added the minimum maintenance, a combination of multiple benefits and advantages.
Wood is the perfect material for constructing and building Darwin decks, floors, and dedicated outdoor transit areas.
The deck or terrace is one of the elements of wood construction that has spread the most around the world. In its beginnings, Darwin Decks were used to facilitate transit on docks and boat berths.
Today, they are a functional element that is found in the contours around swimming pools, as a relaxation space in parks and gardens, in the form of paths between vegetation and even on balconies and terraces, among other uses.
5 keys to designing and building Darwin Decks:
- The deck must be no less than 15 cm raised from the natural floor or subfloor and supported by slats that allow the wood to be aired when separated from the ground.
- The drainage slopes must be respected. If a deck does not have a minimum slope for the water to run off, the accumulations of this generate problems of use and drying.
- For the protection of atmospheric agents, a product specially designed for this purpose must be chosen, which supports abrasion and not just any protector.
- All the pieces of a deck (support slats, nailing slats, exposed slats), must be preserved and protected with the chosen product in at least one hand, preferably in two hands, prior to assembly. In this way surfaces that are later inaccessible will be protected.
- Also if possible, it is important to consider assembling the deck in parts, so that these can be removed, and lifted for maintenance tasks.
The Darwin Decks can be almost at ground level or raised by pillars to adapt to the level of any existing construction. For the installation of a deck, a set of wooden pillars are firmly supported on the ground.
The pillars will support a structure of wooden guides, on which the wooden platform is finally placed where people will pass.
