When I started building decks, I was told to use a 16 penny nail as a spacer between planks. That was a uniform size and as the planks dried out, it didn't leave too much of a gap.
I took the nails and drove them through pieces of scrap wood so I didn't have to hold them while I was trying to line the planks up. The wood kept the nails from falling to the ground. ----- Original Message ----- From: Jewel To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system My decking planks have about a quarter inch gap between each for air circulation. Unless you seal every join, I think that you are running a risk of them rotting as water can seep down between the planks and with them being so tightly packed together, there will be no chance of them drying out. Jewel ----- Original Message [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
