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HOW TO BUILD A DECK

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HOW TO BUILD A DECK Building a  deck  from  timber  is one of the easier  DIY  projects that you can undertake that will have a lasting positive impact on both your lifestyle and your home’s value. This is the first of a three-part DIY series on how to build yourself a deck. Once you’ve decided to undertake the project, the most critical part is the planning and calculation of the timber you require for your joists and bearers in order to properly support your  decking  structure. The process involved in planning for your deck involves several steps, firstly, you need to calculate the floor load width of your bearers, then select your bearer size and post spacings based on this information, and lastly select the correct size of your joist based on their required span. The use of span tables and floor load width calculations will be explained in detail further in this article, and hopefully you will finish reading with a good idea of what’...
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Build A Picket Fence

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Build A Picket Fence A picket fence is ideal for Federation homes and consists of a number of evenly spaced pickets attached to two horizontal rails supported by posts spaced about 2m apart. You can build a fence by cutting all the pickets the same length, or you can create a curved look by adjusting their lengths and attaching the shortest in the centre and the longest at the ends. To build the fence, temporarily position the posts to check the height, then cut the rail housings. Sink the posts in the ground with concrete and leave to set. Secure the rails in the housings, then attach the pickets.  Secure the pickets  The key to building a professional-looking fence is to keep the pickets level and evenly spaced. Use spacers to make sure the gaps are even, aligning the tops of the pickets with a stringline set between the posts. Step 1. Make pilot hole Make a pilot hole jig by drilling two pairs of 3mm holes into a picket aligned to each ...
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