How to fix blueboard to fence frame and how to replace pool deck?

[Sunnycoast5]

Hi,

I'm tackling what hopefully will not be too big of an ask for my skillset. I have a 25 M long blueboard rendered front fence that is in dire need of a fix. The blueboard has long gone past it's best & is crumbling off the frame. My initial thoughts were to demo it & have a fencer erect something more aesthetically pleasing. Like everyone, finding a tradie is one thing, getting them to turn up is quite something else again. I removed the sheeting on the house side of the fence to inspect the frame. To my surprise, the frame was generally in good health so I decided to just strengthen the frame everywhere possible & it is now very sturdy. My intention is to just replace all of the sheeting, cover the joints with paper jointing tape & joint compound & then painting. What is the best way to fix the sheeting to the fence frame? Each fence "panel" is 2 x 2400/900 sheets, so 2400 wide & 1800 high. The pics might explain better than myself!

Onto my next & probably most challenging project, the pool deck. As per the pics, it's very obvious that the joists etc are far from serviceable. My thoughts are to just replace each piece of timber with a similarly sized piece of structural H3 pine & then merbau over the top. Any input greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Steve

Steve

[Sunnycoast5]

Ok, update time. Sorry for the delay as we have had some rain & I managed to get 2cm of a rusty nail stuck in my foot that took some convincing & a slight anaesthetic to remove. Anyway, I'm making progress with the deck & as evident in the background of the pic, I took the advice to add extra bracing to the fence. This allowed me to choose slightly thinner cladding as I have effectively added an extra point of attachment. I will continue to update as I slowly progress.

Cheers,

Steve

[JacobZ]

Hi @Sunnycoast5,

I'm so sorry to hear of your injury, I hope you're on the mend and can get stuck back into your decking and fencing projects shortly.

It looks like things are coming along nicely and you have an extremely solid deck frame to move forward with and your fence looks about ready to clad.

Thank you for the update. I look forward to the next one.

Jacob