John, Great point and one I raised the last time I put decking down. What they told me is that as the wood dries small gaps will form. They were right. I have up to quarter inch or larger gaps now in the old decking
Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of john schwery Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system Al, I'm not sure that it is a good idea for the boards to be touching. Moisture can gather between the boards and rot the wood. Others will know better than I. earlier, Alan & Terrie Robbins, wrote: > > >I am replacing the surface of my 12 by 16 deck with 16 foot >long five quarter by 6 decking. I remember the last time I >did this when getting to the last 3 to 4 foot of each board >it would become necessary to pry the board over to have it >remain tight with the previous one installed. This gets a >bit tricky when you also have to drill a pilot hole and >drive deck screws. Do they make any type expandable clamping >system to assist with this type task? I'm envisioning >something like a threaded rod with some type crank on one >end that could draw the parts together? It would need to be >expandable by adding say additional 4 foot sections as >needed. If they do make something like this I would have >many different type uses for it. Would something like this >be available at Home Depot? What would it be called. Thanks >in advance for all replies > >Al > > John Currently in Ocala, Florida Mostly Cloudy, Mist 73°F Wind:Calm Bank manager: A jerk who will lend you an umbrella when the sun is shining, and ask for it back when it starts to rain. Created by Weather Signature v1.31 http://www.weathersig.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
