Installation Guide

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Layout and install joists at either 16-inch on-center (OC) when decking will be installed perpendicular to the joists, or 12-inch (OC)
when deck boards will be installed diagonally or at an angle to the joists. Joists must be level.
Attach posts to decking frame. DO NOT
NOTCH POSTS. The maximum distance
from center of post to center of post is
72-inches. Square and level posts.
A. Block posts and attach to rim joists
with two bolts (1/2-inch carriage bolts
8-inch - minimum length with 1-1/4-inch
flat washer and nut on back).
1.
2.
Bolt positions: The top bolt
to be no more than 3-inches
below the finished deck surface
and the bolt spacing to be no
less than 4-inches on-center.
Corner
Post
Blocking
Line Post
Blocking
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Line Post
Blocking
Corner
Post
Blocking
Corner
Post
Blocking
Line Post
Blocking
Interior
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Interior
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Exterior
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Exterior
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Line Post
Blocking
Corner
Post
Blocking
POST & DECKING
INSTALLATION