Howdy gurus, next job up is painting our porch and steps , will clean up and fill any cracks etc. keen to understand recommendations for paint, catc ...
Cheers is water based ok to go over the pre-oiled , I assume the recommended feast and Watson wood clean takes care of that ? https://delivery.bunnin ...
@EricL @MitchellMc Time has come to oil the deck now. What’s the product / process you recommend with the Specrite pre-oiled Merbau ? It’s been weathe ...
Cheers Eric, bearers were 140x45 , joists 90x45 , as the concrete underneath had quite a fall and was also smaller than the finished deck size I use ...
After some holds up with work, travel and holidays sharing my deck pics. Bar the final oiling and a few trim pieces very happy with the overall result ...
Gday gents @MitchellMc @EricL couple more questions;- what screws do you recommend for noggins ? ( ideally ones I don’t have to pre-drill ?- also what ...
Water-based is fine over pre-oiled @PscottDIY. As you've mentioned, Feast Watson Wood Clean of Cabot's New Timber Prep would help ensure the best adh ...
Hi @PscottDIY,
You should be able to get away with using Zenith 8 - 10 x 100mm Treated Pine Countersunk Head Screws and not pre-drilling. However, y ...
That's correct, @PscottDIY. Your joists will effectively be the bracing, and they'll help tie the bearers together.
Please let me know if you have a ...
Nice one @PscottDIY. It's fine to sit a 45mm bearer on those stirrups.
It's acceptable to have a small counter-levered section at the edge of the d ...
That timber is perfectly suitable, @PscottDIY. The lengths are without bows or twists and of high quality with little to no defects. It's an ideal cho ...
Hi @PscottDIY
The three most common methods to join joists together are butt joints with steel plating, lapped or staggered joints and bevel butt j ...
I don't see any need to double-up the bearers @PscottDIY. You'd only do so if they were spanning too far, and they are currently supported at 1121mm, ...
Cheers is water based ok to go over the pre-oiled , I assume the recommended feast and Watson wood clean takes care of that ? https://delivery.bunnin ...
@EricL @MitchellMc Time has come to oil the deck now. What’s the product / process you recommend with the Specrite pre-oiled Merbau ? It’s been weathe ...
Cheers Eric, bearers were 140x45 , joists 90x45 , as the concrete underneath had quite a fall and was also smaller than the finished deck size I use ...
After some holds up with work, travel and holidays sharing my deck pics. Bar the final oiling and a few trim pieces very happy with the overall result ...
Great , one more - how far can my joists hang over a bearer , my minimum bearer spacing is 1m , but some closer to 850 mm , I had to mix them up due t ...
cheers @EricL @MitchellMc i have my bearers fixed in place each has stirrup in concrete at the end and 3 galv brackets and 2 buzon pedestals ( rated ...
Hi Team,
planning on building a deck under our new patio approx. dimensions;
~8200L
~4700W ( can be flexible on this to suit a standard board length ...