In October/November 2005 Top Deck Decking
Ltd, travelled to France to build a deck in the
French Alps. The venture was not without incident - but the scenery, food,
accommodation, the people and of course the wine of France - made up for
everything!! Decking in France was not too much of a logistics problem - thanks
to our friends at
www.mountainviewspas.com
The Timber Decking project was carried
out by Top Deck Chief David Hughes and from leaving Folkestone for France to the return
trip took two weeks - including mishaps aplenty - brake failure on the
4x4, just before the winding roads of the Alps in France - was just one of them!
Timber for the project was sourced
locally in France, and smooth sided decking boards were decided upon
The Chalet complex looked absolutely fantastic at Val d'Isere,
and it didn't take DH too long to get settled in - after the right door security
code had been found! The first day involved moving a few tonnes of decking to a
place where it was not in the way. (It had been delivered and dropped on top of the
site where the deck was to be built!
Needless to say - as with anywhere in the Alps region of
France, the views were stunning...
but work had to commence!
End of Day 3 saw much of the decking sub frame for the raised
section of deck around the spa, installed and decking actually started.
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