- Start in one corner of the sub-frame and position the first board across the inner joists. You want the deck board in the opposite direction to the inner joists, ensuring that it’s flush with the frame. Position any end-to-end joins between the deck boards halfway across an inner joist so you can screw both boards into the joist for stability. Make sure you keep a gap of between 5-8mm to allow for expansion of the wood.
- Begin to screw your deck boards to the joists. You’ll need to secure the deck board to every joist is covers along your deck frame. Use two screws for every joist. Mark where you’re going to add your screws, ensuring that they are at least 15mm from the end of the board and 20mm from the outside edges. Drill pilot holes for the screws, being careful to only drill through the deck board and not the joist. Then screw the decking screws into the holes.
- Continue to screw in the deck boards, ensuring you leave the correct expansion gap. You can stagger the deck board joins across the deck for more strength.
- Sand down any cut ends if you need to before applying decking preserver to protect the timber from rotting.
Cromer
Cromer is a coastal community and also civil parish on the north coastline of the English region of Norfolk. It is approximately 23 miles (37 km) north of the county city of Norwich, 116 miles (187 km) north-northeast of London as well as 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Sheringham on the North Sea coastline. The local government authority is North Norfolk District Council, whose headquarters remains in Holt Road in the community. The civil parish has an area of 4.66 km2 (1.80 sq mi) and at the 2011 census had a population of 7,683. The town is remarkable as a traditional tourist hotel and for the Cromer crab, which forms the major source of income for regional fishermen. The slogan Gem of the Norfolk Coast is highlighted on the community's road indicators.
