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Default Raised decking support / posts - concrete in or metal spike?

TheScullster wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote

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I've built sh*t loads of decks. Happy to give any advise I can.

ISTR mention of a gap between deck and house wall that might be worth
repeating here/googling.
Can't remember why it was necessary though. Seem to think it was
insect related.


If you bolt a ledger plate to a house wall above DPC you should leave a 10mm
gap between it & house wall, and a 6mm gap between deck boards & house wall.
Its so you don't compromise the DPC.


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