- 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.
Holt
Holt is a market community, civil parish as well as electoral ward in the English area of Norfolk. The town is 22.8 miles (36.7 kilometres) north of the city of Norwich, 9.5 miles (15.3 km) west of Cromer and also 35 miles (56 kilometres) east of King's Lynn. The community is on the path of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The nearby railway station is in the town of Sheringham where accessibility to the national rail network can be made through the Bittern Line to Norwich. Holt likewise has a train station on the preserved North Norfolk Railway, the 'Poppy Line', of which it is the south-western terminus. The nearby airport terminal is Norwich. The community has a population of 3,550, climbing and also including the ward to 3,810 at the 2011 census. Holt is within the area covered by North Norfolk District Council.