I've been given about 20 sq metres of decent quality decking.
The only problem is that because it's used, the planks are already cut to a different size - I've tried to work on the assumption that every length needs to be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 400mm (the joist spacing).
I'm then thinking of laying the deck so the joins are continuosly staggered (like brickwork).
So for example if on row 1 the join is at 2400mm, on row 2 it will be at 2000mm, on row 3 at 1600mm etc
This raises two issues:
1) Because the joins will be all over the place, I either have to double up every joist (which I'd rather not do), or attach short cut-offs to the joist, everywhere a join will occur, so that each board has a whole 2" width to be screwed into.
2) Concerned the joins are going to be ugly. I did see a picture somewhere where they'd rounded off the board ends at each join, so almost make a decorative feature out of the join.
Any thoughts/tips on thess plans??
The only problem is that because it's used, the planks are already cut to a different size - I've tried to work on the assumption that every length needs to be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 400mm (the joist spacing).
I'm then thinking of laying the deck so the joins are continuosly staggered (like brickwork).
So for example if on row 1 the join is at 2400mm, on row 2 it will be at 2000mm, on row 3 at 1600mm etc
This raises two issues:
1) Because the joins will be all over the place, I either have to double up every joist (which I'd rather not do), or attach short cut-offs to the joist, everywhere a join will occur, so that each board has a whole 2" width to be screwed into.
2) Concerned the joins are going to be ugly. I did see a picture somewhere where they'd rounded off the board ends at each join, so almost make a decorative feature out of the join.
Any thoughts/tips on thess plans??