Installation Guide

DECKING INSTALLATION : I-SERIES
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Mulple Board Lengths Placed Consecuvely (TOP VIEW)
Expansiongapprovidedforthechangeinlengthofbothboards
Breaker Boards
FIXED
WALL
FIXED
WALL
Expansion Gap
Single Board Lengths
Expansion Gap
Joist
Blocking
Multiple board lengths placed consecutively
Expamsion gap provided for the change in length of both boards.
Expansion Gap
Double joist on butt joins
Expansion Gap
FIXED
WALL
FIXED
WALL
Original length
Code Compliant gap
Code Compliant gap
Maximum allowable expansion point
Code compliance:
When installing against vertical structures, allow for both the code required spacing and the required expansion
gap to ensure board remain code compliant after board expansion.
Fig. 4
Code Compliance
Wheninstallingagainstvercalstructures,allowforboththe
coderequiredspacingandtherequiredexpansiongapto
ensureboardremaincodecompliantaerboardexpansion.
As shown in Fig� 5�
ExpansionGap ExpansionGap
DoubleJoistOnBuJoins
Breaker Boards
FIXED
WALL
FIXED
WALL
Expansion Gap
Single Board Lengths
Expansion Gap
Joist
Blocking
Multiple board lengths placed consecutively
Expamsion gap provided for the change in length of both boards.
Expansion Gap
Double joist on butt joins
Expansion Gap
FIXED
WALL
FIXED
WALL
Original length
Code Compliant gap
Code Compliant gap
Maximum allowable expansion point
Code compliance:
When installing against vertical structures, allow for both the code required spacing and the required expansion
gap to ensure board remain code compliant after board expansion.
Fig. 5
CodeCompliantGapCodeCompliantGap
OriginalLength
MaximumAllowableExpansionPoint
Fixed
Wall
Fixed
Wall
TOP VIEW
INSTALLATION: FASTENING
Installaon Tips:
Nails Fasteners Drill
Fig. 3
Breaker Boards
FIXED
WALL
FIXED
WALL
Expansion Gap
Single Board Lengths
Expansion Gap
Joist
Blocking
Multiple board lengths placed consecutively
Expamsion gap provided for the change in length of both boards.
Expansion Gap
Double joist on butt joins
Expansion Gap
FIXED
WALL
FIXED
WALL
Original length
Code Compliant gap
Code Compliant gap
Maximum allowable expansion point
Code compliance:
When installing against vertical structures, allow for both the code required spacing and the required expansion
gap to ensure board remain code compliant after board expansion.
Single Board Lengths (TOP VIEW)
Fixed
Wall
Joist Blocking
BreakerBoards
ExpansionGap ExpansionGap
Fixed
Wall