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   J7223 | Jun 03, 2002 06:44am | #1

   Hey guy,,dont,,glue,,any decking down,,,Finish nails even with a pinner wont fassen Ipe,,,the wood needs to move with the weather and rain, and lack of it,,,in fact the fewer fasseners you use the better,,if you are going to face screw, use an alternat pattern,two at the ends, one at the top of the next joice,one on the bottom on the next,,like that,,,John Hyatt deckmastersllc.com

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   skmd1 | Jun 04, 2002 12:40am | #2

   2 questions with regard to the Ipe: 1) do you only use it for the decking, or also for the joists and ledgers 2) have any experience with attaching decking to 2x2's sistered to the joists, screwing through the 2x2's from the bottom into the decking from below (thereby having no screws or nails on the top surface)?

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   J7223 | Jun 04, 2002 01:37am | #3

   It would be way over kill to  use Ipe as a frame system,one guy I talked to was going to try it because the code in his area required a calss A fire rating that  Ipe has,but cca lumber will deffently do the job just fine,,deckmasters is a system you could use it is an Lshaped metal with screw holes ready for you to lean down and do some upside down screwing,,if you want that look I would deffently go to the LexAnn clips and a biskit jointerJohn Hyatt DeckMasters( no realation) deckmastersllc.com

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   AndyPai | Jun 05, 2002 05:39am | #4

   John,

   Thank you for your reply and I think that you are correct.  And the idea to reduce the number of screws is fantastic.

   Andy

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   Mongo | Jun 05, 2002 06:22am | #5

   Here's a link...to a post...that has two links...to two other ipe threads. If I recall, one of the links is on finishing ipe, the other on fastening.