Morning All
I’m decking the back garden and have a couple of questions about the frame work that hopefully someone here maybe able to help with.
The garden is 7.5 x 3 metres wide and will have 5 main joists runing the length of it. These will be joined at the top and bottom by a cross member.
The wood we have is 4m long so will need to be joined along the length, what is the best way to do this? Do I need to cut them so they join exactly and then use some kind of bracket? Or can I rest them next to each other and just screw through?
We have lowered the level of the garden to accomodate the decking and leave it level with the concrete path. Two sides of the garden are lined with a wall and one side with a fence.
We have been advised to screw into the wall from the joist that will run alongside it and to put some posts in along the joist by the fence.
My question here is with the posts how far down should they go and do I need to use any specific type of wood or a post support type thing?
One final question regards the membrane to put down, what should this be and where would be the best place to get it from?
Thanks in advance, sorry if these seem like daft questions but I’d really like to make a nice job of this and not end up bodging it horribly.
🙂