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Ah Champion timber is where I have found it, looks like they are still the cheapest.
I guess my one worry with the wooden is obviously it will rot eventually, so was pondering using concrete posts and then bolting treated timber to that, so the bit not on the ground is not wood at all.
I have a few samples coming in the post, got the Millboard in front of me, just their cheapest Enhanced Grain Brushed Basalt, it does look nice that's for sure.
Sorry one more Q: they say you can just drill screws through it and they heal over and aren't visible, is this actually true? Some of the other systems have channels on the sides for hidden fittings.
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You could concrete in some metal posts to put the treated timber on - that would lift everything off of the ground.
Obviously, their own solution is composite too so shouldn't rot: https://www.millboard.co.uk/products/subframe-accessories/plas-pro/
In order for the screws to be invisible, you need to use their ones: https://www.millboard.co.uk/products/subframe-accessories/fixings/. The screws do disappear into the top layer of the material and leave a small hole about 1-2mm across which you can see if you're looking for it but otherwise you'd never notice.
If you're ever south east, you're welcome to come and take a look.
Soul
Posts in the ground and frame is what he did for the bit sitting on the soil base.
The builder sourced as he got a discount; we were going to pick it up from Champion Timber but he was ~10% cheaper.
We went for Millboard because it looked the nicest. We wanted it to look as much like natural wood as possible whilst still looking clean and sharp.
This is the only pic I have of the ground before. You can see the old, rotten scaffold boards the previous owner used. The decking goes all the way to where the fence is painted so past the concrete base and onto soil...