- If you’ve not got an overhang or it’s a fixed deck, fit starter clips along the outside edge of the frame and secure with screws provided with the composite decking. If you are working with an overhang, put the first board into position not exceeding 25mm. If you’re adding a fascia, put an off-cut of board under the overhang so you know it’ll be flush with the fascia.
- Pre-drill all fixing points, measuring in 30mm from the edge of the board. Secure the board to the joist below with composite decking screws.
- Slide a hidden fastener clip in so it sits within the groove of the deck board. It needs to be in the centre of the joist to keep the boards secure and ensure an expansion gap of 6mm. Tighten the clips until just tight, and repeat so there’s a clip at every joist.
- Add the next board, ensuring that the fastener clips sit within the groove – make sure you don’t force it. Repeat step 3.
- Continue steps 3 and 4 until you’re at the final board, which you should secure in the same way as you did the first.
Thurso
Thurso is a community and also former burgh on the north coastline of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical area of Caithness, it is the northern most community on the British mainland. It exists at the joint of the north-south A9 road and the west-east A836 road, connected to Bridge of Forss in the west and Castletown in the eastern. The 34-mile (55 km) River Thurso moves through the community as well as into Thurso Bay and also the Pentland Firth. The river tidewater serves as a little harbour. At the 2011 Census, Thurso had a population of 7,933. The bigger Thurso civil church including the community and the bordering countryside had a population of 9,112. Thurso operated as a vital Norse port, as well as later patronized ports throughout northern Europe till the 19th century. A growing angling centre, Thurso additionally had an online reputation for its linen-cloth and also tanning activities. As of 2015 the Dounreay Nuclear Research Establishment, although mostly decommissioned at the end of the 20th century, employs a substantial variety of the neighborhood populace. The Category-A provided wrecked Old St Peter's Church (St. Peter's Kirk) is one of the earliest churches in Scotland, dating to at the very least 1125. The current church, St Andrew's as well as St Peter's, was built in 1832 to a style by William Burn in the Gothic style. The community has the main school of North Highland University and Thurso High School, the northern most senior high school on the British mainland, which was developed in 1958. Thurso Castle, built in 1872, is in ruins. Thurso is residence to the football (soccer) team, Thurso FC, established in 1998, which play in the North Caledonian League, as well as the rugby groups Caithness Crushers and also Caithness RFC. Thurso train station, opened in 1874, was one of the most north station on the Sutherland as well as Caithness Railway. The nearby port of Scrabster gives ferry solutions to the Orkney Islands; the Northlink ferry (MV Hamnavoe) operates in between Scrabster as well as Stromness.
