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Steps in back garden

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  • 01-04-2017 6:46pm
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    thecommander
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    About to start a renovation on a house, and these are the steps in the back garden up to a higher level. Do you reckon that anything can be done with them to make them look a bit better, or would you scrap them?
    Prefer not to have to.


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    Hocus Focus
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    Very hard to see what the material the treads are made of. My advice would be first to clean up the whole thing with the help of a power washer, check the soundness of the timber, (if it is timber). If sound, clean up with wire brush/scouring pad/sandpaper, coat in suitable wood preservative or fence/shed stain. If the timber is unsound it would best to remove it and replace with composite (i.e.plastic) decking material.


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    thecommander
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    Thanks for the reply. They're preformed concrete steps/slabs.


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    Hocus Focus
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    Power-washer, then maybe some exterior emulsion. Patio magic once a year will hekp to keep the green algae at bay


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