With the decking down, it’s time to knock out the preassembled railing. Pre-assembled railing bolts down into framing Align the grain in the same direction and tap it home. This perimeter board will need to be face screwed, so to keep the fasteners hidden, they use matching plugs from Starborn. Expensive fine-tooth finish blades can gum up on heavy-cutting days. It turns out, the best blade for cutting these deck boards is a cheap framing blade. With the line on the boards, Kory plunges the saw into the line and works his way to the end. Kory’s chalk line did not make it on the plane to Las Vegas, so they are scribing it old school. They measure for the outer perimeter board, and will use it to draw the cut line. The end should be cut just shy of the inside face of the outer perimeter frame. Place the spacer at the end, place the clips on each joist, slide the board, and screw it off. To get a clean edge, Kim and Kory run all of the decking long and cut it in place. When the deck board is in place, Kory screws it home. The gaps are established using Deckorators Stowaway Hidden Fastener System. One of the fasteners is used to gap the end of the board and a screw clip is placed atop each joist as the deck board is slid in place. Hidden fastener system establish the gaps On the demonstration deck in the Show Village, we used butt joints with a gap to match the field of Deckorators Voyage decking. One way to get a clean edge on a deck is to picture-frame the perimeter. Hidden fasteners and a bolt-down railing make quick work of a beautiful deck
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