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Install Picture Frame and Decking

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How to Build a simple Ground level Deck in a weekend

What happens here

Install the composite decking boards, beginning with a 'picture frame' border around the perimeter of the deck. This is essential for composite decking as the ends are typically unfinished and would be unsightly if exposed. The picture frame is created by mitering the corners where the boards meet. The first few decking boards are face-nailed, meaning screws are driven directly through the top surface of the board. Subsequent boards are installed using hidden clips that fasten them to the joists without visible fasteners.

Goal: Lay the composite decking, starting with a clean picture frame border.

Tools and materials

  • Circular Saw Makita — Cutting decking boards, especially when a miter saw is not practical
  • Composite Decking Boards MoistureShield — The surface of the deck
  • Face Screws — Securing the first few decking boards and in areas where clips aren't feasible
  • Hand Hammer — Tapping boards into alignment
  • Hidden Deck Clips — Securing most of the decking boards invisibly
  • Impact Driver Milwaukee — Driving screws for hidden clips and face screws
  • Miter Saw DeWalt — Cutting decking boards, especially for mitered corners
  • Wood Block/Brace N/A — Protecting boards while tapping them into alignment

What they say

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in a rush, if you want good you want to use good material, then you'd use this stuff. I mean, cuz this is this is the best stuff I've ever ever felt for your feet, period. Hands down. Now, here's a question. Doesn't just using moisture shield because you have to hide the screws add a little bit of time? No, it adds a lot of time. That's part of it. That's a great question, Xander. So, if you see what Frankie is doing there, you see these clips that he's got going on, these clips. So, he can screw the first holes and then we can hide that with a heat gun. So, that takes time. This goes tight. Then we put the fa we face nail the front of it. Okay. And then we put start our clips from here back. Start. Okay. So, then our clips go in place and everything else gets clipped and not nailed. I think the initial cost and the extra time is offset by no maintenance after the fact. Can't span that whole thing. You can't just run your joist, your single joist all the way across. We're using a double joist as a ground level deck. We've got this center joist supported by blocks. We're not digging footings in cuz we don't need to where we're at. We just don't need to do that on this deck. But then we're actually using moisture shield uh product as part of the blocking. All right. So Xander, you had a great question. How do you do this? Because we're actually below grade. We're actually going to be building uh a wall right here. I think we're going to use railroad ties, aren't we, Frankie? But I don't want to see them. So, we're actually going to top it with moisture with this stuff with moisture shield cuz that'll blend into the decking and it'll also help it from rotting. So, this is the foundation of a house. The sill plate is actually anchored into the concrete. So, here's one. So, it's drilled in and then this is actually anchored into the actual concrete. That's a special anchor bolt. Are we rolling? Yeah. You want to back up? I have no clue when Xander's rolling or not, but he's a dang good cameraman, you guys. Xander, show yourself on the camera. You may see him once in a while. All right, guys. We're going to put in a clip. I'm going to show you the fast and easy way. Uh we're also going to show you how not to put in a clip cuz it's easy to get it screwed up. So, all you simply do is you slide the clip in, push it all the way forward. Once you get it in place, That's it. That's how these connect in every single joist. Run them down. Well, you see he's got the the…

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