Tigerwood deck in progress

[WarnerConstCo.]

Darcy,

I haven't worked with many of the exotics for decking.  I know from experience that with the common wet materials you should avoid miters because the shrinkage will result in a call back.  The tigerwood you are using.  Is is air dried or kiln dried, or not specified.  I have tigerwood floors in my house and really like it, but understand that it can be iffy.

Thanks for any input.

Peter

The decking is air dried.  You can get kiln dried but, I wouldn't use it outside unless you let it acclimate for a couple weeks.

The boards are very stable dimensionally and will have minimal movement.  The TC-G's will let the boards do what they do with the climate and keep them nice and flat.  I did get a little checking on a few boards but, I diluted some TB3 with water and mixed in some sawdust to help heal them before I sand the deck.

Yes, I am going to sand the whole thing with 80g right before I oil it.

as far as the miter's, I made them as tight as I could, if they move a little bit, so be it.  After all it is a deck.  I do not like the way you have to space every gap and joint with the man made synthetic decking.

I will have finished pictures by the weeks end.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

The Tiger Claws that have the spikes that you drive into the edge of the board are great for cedar.

I would suggest getting or having some sort of bow wrench so you can easily pull the next board into the spikes on the fastener.

I think cutting a slot for each one is too slow if your are trying to actually make money.

Here is the tool I have for pulling/straightening the deck boards:

Yeah I agree I didnt want to do do the groove cutting any way to slow even though it doesnt mater as its a day rate any way.    

I was thinking a 4x2 with bevelled edges to allow easy sliding across joists  about 1000 long and using a sledge hammer to tap the boards onto the spikes.  

That tool does not look cheap lol  Is using a sledge hammer no good?

JMB

No, it is not cheap but, it is really well made.  I did however get that for free with this order of decking, a nice 200.00 freebie.

Tiger claw makes something similar for around 50-60 bucks.  There are other brands out there too.

there would be no issue with using a sledge hammer, other then the fact that I really hate sledge hammer's. [big grin]

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Finally finished.  Had several rain days and a few other jobs that were ready for me to go back and do my stuff.

All the pictures are here: http://s272.photobucket.com/albums/jj167/wconstructionco/Tigerwood%20Deck/

 

[Ken Nagrod]

Really nice, Darcy.  Will you be hiding the undercarriage with trim?

 

[peter halle]

Darcy,

Beautiful work.  The only thing that I can suggest is that if do this again, the outside skirt board on the stairs where it meets the deck - cut an angle on the bottom edge where it meets the deck.  Just cleans it up a bit.

GREAT JOB!

[thumbs up]

Peter

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Really nice, Darcy.  Will you be hiding the undercarriage with trim?

No, he is going to be doing some landscaping that will help hide the framing.

I really don't like any sort of skirting's around a deck.  I like to make sure they can breathe and dry out from the top and bottom.

Plus, I think some nice landscaping will look way better anyways.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Darcy,

Beautiful work.  The only thing that I can suggest is that if do this again, the outside skirt board on the stairs where it meets the deck - cut an angle on the bottom edge where it meets the deck.  Just cleans it up a bit.

GREAT JOB!

[thumbs up]

Peter

Yeah, I wanted to do something different then I did but, I had about 4" extra of Miratec trim.  Once there is some landscaping, no one will see it. [big grin]

 

[tjbier]

Very nice Darcy!
I really like the deck top layout, looks great.

 

[justinmcf]

thats a beautiful job mate.
the deck was great, and the hand railing is just the perfect finish.

are the black vertical bars made from metal?
how do they fix to the bottom rail and hand rail?
are the black bars a standard item to purchase or is is custom made?

justin.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

thats a beautiful job mate.
the deck was great, and the hand railing is just the perfect finish.

are the black vertical bars made from metal?
how do they fix to the bottom rail and hand rail?
are the black bars a standard item to purchase or is is custom made?

justin.

They are powder coated aluminum.
See the buns/connectors on the top and bottom of each baluster?

You screw those into the 2x4 rails and then the baluster presses into them.

They are made by Deckorators.

 

[justinmcf]

thanks for the info.
i checked out that deckorators website.
it is has given me some great ideas for future projects.

cheers, justin.

 

[Kevin Stricker]

thats a beautiful job mate.
the deck was great, and the hand railing is just the perfect finish.

are the black vertical bars made from metal?
how do they fix to the bottom rail and hand rail?
are the black bars a standard item to purchase or is is custom made?

justin.

They are powder coated aluminum.
See the buns/connectors on the top and bottom of each baluster?

You screw those into the 2x4 rails and then the baluster presses into them.

They are made by Deckorators.

You should also look into Fortress, they make some iron ones that are a bit nicer than the aluminum ones.

For the skirting just rip a bunch of extra decking or framing into 1/4" shims and place between the skirting and the rim joist. It makes all the difference in keeping the rim from rotting.

Real nice deck.....hate the white skirt but know how it goes with HO's sometimes.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

It is not white, not even close to white.

I think the color is called oak tone, it is a tanish color.

I gave him many choices on the balusters, he picked the simple round aluminum one.

 

[Sparktrician]

Spectacular job!!!  Well done!!! 

[smile]

 

[justinmcf]

thanks kevin, i will check out fortress now.

justin.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Got a little article in Deck Builder Magazine, regarding this project.

http://www.deckmagazine.com/pdf/2011/1111/1111day.pdf

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

I even threw in a nice Festool plug in  there too. [big grin]

 

[chrisrosenb]

Congratulations, Darcy. That is a nice looking desk.