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11-15-2006, 15:10

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Decks - Nail or Screw

I have built two decks at my place I bought the boards and screws from Home Depot. The screws are coated and are of good quality. If I had to do it again I would pre-drill the boards. Sometime the screws seating into the boards popped up splinters, bad on bare feet. The bits for the drill came with the screws and I used a 1/2 hp drill. Not one screw broke off. I think if the bit was long enough the screw would go all the way through a 4 X 4. I used a pump up sprayer with water seal and coated both decks I try to re apply once every two years. I am not the best wood worker but the decks are 5 years old and doing fine.

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No, that cost would have doubled my deck money. I have been told that they stopped using arsonic as a wood treatment. They use copper and something else now. This calls for a special screw, one made out of stainless steel or with a special coating. If you use this new wood and old screws they wont last 6 months so I have been told. I checked out the composites and they are real nice and should last for ever. If money was not such a great concern for me I think they would be the way to go.

Something that I did not know until I got into the deck and dock work. Was that you need special treatment for Fresh water. Fresh water had more bacteria or worse bacteria than salt water. For a pond like mine it was about $2.50 more a board for water contact.

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MY FATHERS,

Call it luck did not know about cupping, bark side, and whatever else. 96 degrees in the sun on the open deck laying boards I just wanted them down. They told me to lay the boards with no space between them they will space themselves I have about 1/4" between the boards.

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MY FATHERS, Call it luck did not know about cupping, bark side, and whatever else. 96 degrees in the sun on the open deck laying boards I just wanted them down. They told me to lay the boards with no space between them they will space themselves I have about 1/4" between the boards.

MY FATHERS,

Call it luck did not know about cupping, bark side, and whatever else. 96 degrees in the sun on the open deck laying boards I just wanted them down. They told me to lay the boards with no space between them they will space themselves I have about 1/4" between the boards.