- 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.
Wingate
Wingate is a village in County Durham, England. Wingate is a previous pit village with a mixture of 19th-century, post-war, as well as a lot more recent housing developments. It was initially occupied by around 30 farmers before 1839 when coal was discovered. It is located in the East of County Durham, 3 miles southern west of Peterlee, and also 7 miles north west of Hartlepool. Similar to the majority of towns in the area, it proliferated with the development of coal-mining in the area. The name Wingate is claimed to stem from the Anglo-Saxon words windig (gusty) and also geat (road) meaning windy road. Like all County Durham villages, citizens are understood to talk the pitmatic dialect although brand-new housing developments has actually seen a sharp increase in the village's population. An electoral ward in the same name exists. This ward stretches north east to Peterlee and has a complete population, taken at the 2011 census, of 10,302.
