- 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.
Llandrindod Wells
Llandrindod Wells is a town and also area in Powys, within the historic borders of Radnorshire, Wales. It works as the seat of Powys County Council and thus the administrative centre of Powys. It was established as a health spa community in the 19th century, with a boom in the late 20th century as a centre of local government. Prior to the 1860s the site of the community prevailed land in Llanfihangel Cefn-llys parish. Llandrindod Wells is the 5th biggest town in Powys, and also the largest in Radnorshire. In a 2018 study embarked on by Rightmove, Llandrindod was elected the Happiest Location in Wales. A survey by the Royal Mail over the Easter 2018 period revealed that Llandrindod had the highest on the internet shopping prices for that duration in the entire of the country.
