On May 6, 7:28*am, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
Dundonaldwrote:
Hi,

Just about to start adeckingproject in my garden. I haven't built
deckingbefore, but I have spent some time planning my build out so
I'm pretty much set. One question though. I've built good strong
fences before and instead of concreting in the fence posts I have used
metal spikes. *I am wondering if something like this
http://tinyurl.com/djf3l8can be used to hold the posts that will
support the raiseddecking
instead of concreting in?

No. First of all they are unecessary, secondly they can twist if they hit
stoney ground, and thirdly they could well sink.

I don't know if your deck is freestanding or attached to a building, but in
either case the only reason to concrete in posts is to keep the deck
'square'. *If you don't achieve that, then boarding it will be a big
problem.

The support for the joists is achieved either by a cross beam or by using
padstones to support them.

How 'raised' is yourdecking?

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

Hi Dave sorry for delay (been away with no access to computer). The
decking I have planned is raised about 4 ft. It's about 9 x 8 ft.
Two lengths of the decking will be secured to the house exterior down
one length and the conservatory exterior down another length (all
above the DPC at roughly interior floor level). The joists at those
ends will hang off of the 2 x 4 screwed to the walls. So I guess the
decking will remain squared. But this still leaves a corner and
sufficent support inbetween that corner and respective corners against
the wall. So my plan was/is to support by either spike or concrete
posts. The post can't simply rest on the earth surely?