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To: Blindhandyman
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:36 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system
I am replacing the surface of my 12 by 16 deck with 16 foot
long five quarter by 6 decking. I remember the last time I
did this when getting to the last 3 to 4 foot of each board
it wou
Pipe clamps mount to standard pipe sizes and can be expanded as far
as you want to fasten lengths of pipe together.
tom foowle
On Thu, Jul 01, 2010 at 08:36:10AM -0400, Alan & Terrie Robbins wrote:
> I am replacing the surface of my 12 by 16 deck with 16 foot
> long five quarter by 6 decking. I
Dan and all, we used standard decking boards whatever that is and
we used 1/ qurter in ch carriage bolts as spacers 13 years ago and
knock on wood after a couple of stan and paint jobs the deck is still
in perfect shape . it does need to be jacked up ever couple of years
because of s
ubject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system
That is because everything over there is so bloody wet all the time that the
timber never dries out.
Which reminds me; Why don't sheep shrink in the rain?
Canada is 143 years old today. they are shooting fire works over the lake in
town to celebrate a
, July 02, 2010 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system
When I started building decks, I was told to use a 16 penny nail as a spacer
between planks. That
was a uniform size and as the planks dried out, it didn't leave too much of a
gap.
I took the nails and drove them thr
Dale Leavens.
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From: Jewel
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 9:12 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system
My deck has been in place for 10 years and the gap between the planks has
never increased.
was trying to line the planks up. The wood kept the nails
from falling to the ground.
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From: Jewel
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system
My decking planks have about a qu
When I built my deck, I used pressure treated deck boards. They were
quite wet when I purchased them. I clamped the hell out of them when I
attached them to the joists, to get them as tight together as possible. I
now have gaps as much as a quarter inch along most of the planks. If
using pr
My deck has been in place for 10 years and the gap between the planks has never
increased.
Jewel
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From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins"
To:
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2010 10:42 AM
Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system
Jewel,
You bring up an excellent p
ginal Message-
From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Jewel
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 6:25 PM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system
My decking planks have about a quarter inch gap between each fo
My decking planks have about a quarter inch gap between each for air
circulation. Unless you seal
every join, I think that you are running a risk of them rotting as water can
seep down between the
planks and with them being so tightly packed together, there will be no chance
of them drying ou
al,
My ratchet strap was long enough for my purposes, but then again, my deck
boards run at 45s from each side, so I had more options for attaching the
strap and smaller distances to traverse.
You can always just tie a rope to one end of the strap and tie the other
end of the rope to something
dyMan] Clamping system
Are you talking about a bar clamp, also called a pony clamp?
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[mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of john schwery
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:53 AM
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system
Al, I'm not sure that it is a good idea for the
boards to be touching. Moisture can gather
between the board
handy...@yahoogroups.com]on Behalf Of Dan Rossi
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:40 AM
To: Blindhandyman
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system
Al,
I just used a ratchet strap when doing the same thing. You have to be
careful because the hooks on the end of the strap can dig into the
Are you talking about a bar clamp, also called a pony clamp?
Al, I'm not sure that it is a good idea for the
boards to be touching. Moisture can gather
between the boards and rot the wood. Others will know better than I.
earlier, Alan & Terrie Robbins, wrote:
>
>
>I am replacing the surface of my 12 by 16 deck with 16 foot
>long five quarter by 6 deckin
There are pipe clamps that use black iron pipe. You canuse any length pipe.
- Original Message -
From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins"
To: "Blindhandyman"
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:36 AM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Clamping system
I am replacing the surface of my 12
Al,
I just used a ratchet strap when doing the same thing. You have to be
careful because the hooks on the end of the strap can dig into the deck
boards, but it worked like a charm.
A ratchet strap is just a long piece of webbing with a ratcheting
mechanism that you can use to shorten the len
I am replacing the surface of my 12 by 16 deck with 16 foot
long five quarter by 6 decking. I remember the last time I
did this when getting to the last 3 to 4 foot of each board
it would become necessary to pry the board over to have it
remain tight with the previous one installed. This gets a
bit
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