QUICK TIP: How To Use A String To Straighten Deck Boards || Dr Decks
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- You ever get a deck board with a bow in it? How you fix that so that you can keep the rest of your deck boards straight? The Dr has a simple trick that can save your life.
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A very timely tip as I start my deck build next week! Thanks and keep the great content coming.
Yes thanks as always to the king of decks your Excellency using your knowledge to my advantage is one of the most useful tools I have
Just thanks. I’ll be start my deck boards over. I have a will and I’m willing to redo until I get it right.
good job. BUT if you don't use a spacer on both ends example a nail [ both the same size] so when the string is tight there is a small space. you can remove the bow in the wood and over do it , and not know it. that little space lets you know you did it just right.
I need this video I almost never use string lines 😂 but I worked the last 9 months with a carpenter and he used string lines all the time 🤩!!
Thank you. Great idea. Saved me just before attaching my first board.
Building my deck next week., absolutely scorcher of a hack thank you dude.... much appreciated...
Why not just drop a chalk line on your joists?
sometimes decks are too long for your string to stay tensed up without it wanting to snap or have enough chalk to spread all the way out on each end.
thanks
great tip no cutting but laser straight
Its not a good idea with Trex or any other composite to drive 1 screw in and then skip a joist and put 1 screw in and then skip a joist .etc etc with the intentions of just getting the boards down and then coming back and driving the remaining screws b/c when put a tack 1 board like that its going to try to crown in between 32" between each screw. What that does is creates a wave effect down the board. Then you set another board down and do the same but b/c the board before it is crowned between the screws you're going to force it to follow that same profile and after you've got a few boards down you'll have a problem that can not be corrected without pulling all the boards up and starting over. If you do want to tack the boards down put 1 screw in every joist and put all of the screws on the same edge of the board. But skipping joists and driving screw is not a good idea.
Does it happen much with composite boards?
Another tip for a you can always start at the house and work your way out. You just don't cut your Joyce and put your band board on until you're a couple rows away. Then you do your math Snap your chocoline cut your tails. Put your band board on you come out with a full board every time.
I have a deck thats 30yrs old that i just wanted to put new boards on. How can i tell if my joists are all even and flat? Having a super hard time with this. I subbed too btw. Hope you hit your goal.
Hey doctor are there any giveaways coming up I always seem to see them when they're four or five months old haha
1/4" variance....lucky must not be from Lowes. mine look like rainbows...
It's called being straight as a string
The string never lies.
I like to use Arrows...everything is straight as an arrow...🤷♂️
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