I live in the Chicagoland area. My customer wants a redwood deck. The lumber yard showed me a new product. It’s called “beveled heart redwood decking.” It’s the size of a 2 x 6. It has a slight crown on top to shed water and beveled edges to allow debris to fall between the cracks easier. I would like to do hidden fasteners such as Eb-Ty but it wouldn’t work with the beveled edges. I could use the metal perforated angle from underneath but that involves a lot of bending to fasten from underneath because the deck is only about 2′ off the ground. Are there any other alternatives that could be fastend from the top? Would stainless trim nails hold?
Also, has anyone used this product? The distributor called it a “good” #2 grade but I’m leary of large knots and such.
Thanks,
Ken
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Ken,
Why can't you use the EB-TY? What's the thickness at the board edge?
I am gonna shoot the guy who started this "NO visible fasteners on your deck" craze!!
Any carpenter worth his sawdust knows the best way to fasten deck boards is Stainless screws from the top, PERIOD.
It seems that there are a bunch of unemployed engineers out there sitting around thinking up ways for carpenters to work harder!
OK I feel better now, carry on!
Mr T
Do not try this at home!
I am an Experienced Professional!
Mr t,
Sometimes customers ask for different decking applications such as fastener free surfaces. If you are the Mr.T i'm thinking of , you wouldn't want your barber yelling at you for having a stripe down the center of your head, cause it was too demanding of a job??
I can't use eb-ty because the edges are beveled back. The thickness is 1 1/2" but because of the back bevel the eb-ty wouldn't reach.
I've seen what you are talking about. It is a Simpson product (800.637.7077). I have received a sample in the mail. I talked to the distributer for the Chicago area and he told me the quality of the wood is not as good as the sample that was mailed to me. If fact, he recommended that I inspect it before committing to purchasing it. I have not follow-up with it. Let me know how things turn out. I have a project scheduled for later this year in which a redwood deck has been mentioned.