- 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.
Isle Of Mull
The Isle of Mull or just Mull is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye) and lies off the west shore of Scotland in the council area of Argyll as well as Bute. With an area of 875.35 square kilometres (337.97 sq mi), Mull is the fourth-largest Scottish island and also the fourth-largest island bordering Great Britain (excluding Ireland). In the 2011 census the typical resident population of Mull was 2,800, which was a minor increase on the 2001 figure of 2,667. In the summertime the population is supplemented by many vacationers. Much of the populace resides in Tobermory, the only burgh on the island till 1973 and also its funding. Tobermory is additionally home to Mull's just single malt Scotch whisky distillery, Tobermory distillery (previously Ledaig).
