Everything You Need to Know About Our Decking Boards

What’s in Cladco
Composite Decking?

We offer our Signature composite decking boards made from 60% FSC® certified recycled wood fibres and 40% recycled plastics, combined with bonding agents and colour tints. This original decking board provides a stylish alternative to timber, requiring less maintenance and featuring attractive colour variations.

Our ProDeck composite boards represent a next-generation decking solution, offering increased durability thanks to a polymer-capped shell. This protective layer shields the composite core from potential damage, enhancing the board’s longevity.

Composite Decking: Simple to Clean and Maintain

Cladco composite decking is resistant to rot, splintering, and warping due to the plastic components within the composite mix. Unlike timber decking, neither of our composite boards require sealing, staining, or painting.

Signature composite decking boards should be kept clear of debris and standing water for prolonged periods to prevent potential damage, whereas our ProDeck composite boards require less maintenance thanks to their protective capped surface.

How to Install Composite Decking

Our composite boards can be cut to length using standard woodworking tools. Use stainless steel screws and t-clips to securely fix the decking boards to a suitable joist subframe, ensuring a sturdy structure and straightforward installation.

For detailed guidance, please refer to our installation guides and video explainers. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact our customer support team on 01837 659901.

What's in
Nordeck Decking?

Nordeck woodgrain effect decking features a PVC core with an ASA (Acrylic-Styrene-Acrylonitrile) resin exterior. Although containing no natural wood components, Nordeck boards replicate the look of traditional timber while offering low maintenance and superior strength. The PVC core ensures each board is weatherproof, and the ASA resin exterior provides resistance to fading, scratching, and staining. These boards come with a 20-year warranty and are available in seven natural colours, complemented by bullnose and fascia boards for a refined finish.

Maintaining Nordeck
Decking Boards

Nordeck decking boards are easy to maintain. Thanks to their low-absorption properties, they do not swell, rot, warp, or encourage the growth of moss, mould, or mildew. These boards are strong and durable and require no painting, varnishing, or sanding, unlike traditional timber.

To keep your Nordeck decking looking its best, simply remove debris regularly and clean the boards as needed with warm, soapy water. For a long-lasting decking surface, avoid using harsh chemicals when cleaning Nordeck boards.

How to Install
Nordeck Decking?

Nordeck woodgrain-effect decking complements any style or space. Its durable, weatherproof, and UV-resistant properties make it ideal for installations in areas exposed to harsh sunlight or damp conditions. The robust PVC-ASA composition provides enhanced strength, capable of supporting heavy items such as hot tubs, ornaments, and water features.

For a high-quality, discreet finish, install Nordeck decking using our hidden deck fasteners along the board surfaces.

About Millboard®
Decking Boards

Millboard® decking boards are hand-moulded and coloured using selected oak boards to create a natural texture. The Enhanced Grain collection captures the subtle nuances of real oak, showcasing organic patinas within a low-maintenance decking board. The Weathered Oak collection offers a beautifully aged aesthetic, moulded from century-old oak and hand-coloured for authentic character.

Millboard® decking combines timeless appeal with minimal maintenance and high slip resistance, even in wet conditions. The unique Lastane ‘soft-touch’ surface adds comfort underfoot, while fixings are concealed beneath the woodgrain texture for a discreet, seamless installation.

Maintaining Millboard®
Decking Boards

Millboard® decking boards are easy to maintain thanks to their durable, wood-free, and low-absorption properties. These low-maintenance boards do not swell, rot, warp, or promote the growth of mould or mildew. Their strong, durable coating means they require no painting, varnishing, or sanding, unlike traditional timber decking.

To keep Millboard® decking looking its best, simply remove debris regularly and clean as needed with warm, soapy water. For long-lasting results, avoid using harsh chemicals during cleaning. Millboard® decking is supplied with a 10- or 25-year warranty, depending on usage.

How to install Millboard® Decking?

Millboard® decking boards can be installed using specially designed Millboard® Durafix screws that sink below the unique Lastane surface of the boards. Fixings can also be installed using the DuoFix side-fixing guide for accurate spacing and positioning of screws.

For a stable and long-lasting decking area, Plastic joists and posts can be used to create the substructure. For detailed installation instructions, please refer to the Millboard® decking installation guides available on our website. Alternatively, visit the Millboard® website for a list of recommended installers.

About Bamboo Decking Boards

Manufactured from fast-regenerating, renewable bamboo, these boards offer an environmentally responsible alternative to other traditional hardwoods. The dense structure of the bamboo hardwood decking boards makes it able to withstand general wear and tear and be adaptable to either domestic or commercial projects. The natural resistance of the bamboo itself also makes these boards more immune to rot, mildew and potential corrosion to provide long-lasting performance.

Maintaining Bamboo Decking Boards

Although maintenance is needed for bamboo boards, it is easy to do and essential for enhancing the performance of the boards. We recommend to re-oil the boards every 6-12 months in order to protect as well as to preserve the warm-toned hardwood finish. To clean the decking, simply remove any debris with a soft broom and rinse with clean water to remove any dirt. Avoid using any grit, sand, metal or plastic spades as this may scratch the surface of the bamboo boards.

How To Install Bamboo Decking

Although maintenance is needed for bamboo boards, it is easy to do and essential for enhancing the performance of the boards. We recommend to re-oil the boards every 6-12 months in order to protect as well as to preserve the warm-toned hardwood finish. To clean the decking, simply remove any debris with a soft broom and rinse with clean water to remove any dirt. Avoid using any grit, sand, metal or plastic spades as this may scratch the surface of the bamboo boards.

Cladco Aluminium
Decking Boards

Our aluminium decking boards are designed for durability and longevity. Fire-rated (A2-S1) aluminium decking is non-combustible and provides commercial spaces and decked balconies with the perfect decking type, where certain building regulations need to be complied with. As a metal product, aluminium decking boards are powder-coated, making them highly resistant to weathering, pests and other potential damages from impacts, giving your area a hard-wearing decking surface. These extremely tough boards are UV stable and resist expansion and contraction due to temperature changes and general wear and tear.

Maintaining Aluminium
Decking Boards

Aluminium decking is easy to maintain throughout its lifetime. We recommend regularly clearing away any debris or standing water off the surface of the boards. This cleaning process will also improve the safety element of your area to prevent slipping. Standard everyday plants, leaves and grime can be removed by brushing your deck with a stiff-bristled broom in the direction of the grooves. We recommend avoiding cleaning products that contain chlorinated solvents, ketones or esters, which could damage the powder-coated surface of aluminium decking boards. Finish cleaning the boards by rinsing the surface with plain water.

How to Install
Aluminium Decking?

Installing aluminium decking can be performed using aluminium decking joists, starter clips and hidden clips with and screws, all of which are available via our website. Using pedestals (not supplied), aluminium decking boards can be installed securely over concrete, allowing for a drainage gradient of 12.5mm fall per metre. Aluminium joists should be placed at maximum centres of 600mm, leaving a 2-3mm gap for expansion between each board. Aluminium decking installations can be completed using colour-matched aluminium skirting trims and corner trims to produce a professionally-finished decking area.

Cladco Timber
Decking Boards

If you are in search of consistent and dependable timber decking, we have you covered with our top-quality timber decking boards. Crafted from responsibly-sourced softwood spruce, our timber boards not only deliver strength and reliability but also imbue your project with a timeless, natural aesthetic that will last for years. Spruce is a well-renowned choice due to its hard-wearing properties, with our timber decking boards kiln dried to ensure increased stability and water resistance. Timber boards are green pressure treated with Tanalith ‘E’ and are C24 graded for structural stability to improve resistance and durability once installed.

Maintaining Timber
Decking Boards

Cladco timber decking boards are easy to maintain, allowing you to keep them looking great for years to come. We recommend keeping your deck free from debris by regularly sweeping the surface to remove fallen leaves, berries or grass cuttings, for example. Pressure washing can be performed to remove tougher marks and using a wood treatment preservative, or stainer, can improve the resistant properties of wooden decking boards. If you require a deeper clean, sanding is also an option for taking off the top layer and then treating with a wood preservative for longer lasting quality and natural results.

How to install
Timber Decking?

We offer timber joists and posts that perfectly complement your decking installation, providing a cohesive and sturdy structural framework for your project. Our timber decking boards can be fixed in place using stainless steel wood screws and can be painted or stained for additional protection benefits. Timber decking boards should be installed on top of a sturdy base so you can achieve a natural wooden decked area that will be reliable. From pathways to large seating areas, timber decking is a versatile product that can be adapted using standard woodworking tools, making these boards very easy to work with.