5mm Decking Spacers 4 Pack

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These are great for decking construction as they ensure your spacing is perfect as you lay each decking board. The disadvantage of these terrace joint holders is that the requirement per square meter is significantly higher than with freely movable models. We strengthen local people and businesses that practice responsible forest use and thus oppose the displacement of the forest by agriculture.

There is no need for additional fixing of the BASO spacers, as they are simply placed on the joists and screwed with a wood screw while screwing the decking boards. New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging . This screw is a friction fixing which minimises expansion stress in the base material, this allows fixing near to the edge, and gives greater loading performance than most nylon fixings. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

Freely movable spacers are placed between the already screwed and the still to be screwed terrace boards when assembling the wooden terrace. To use: pre-drill a 6mm pilot hole, use a drill or impact driver fitted with T30 bit to drive the screw in. Gone are the days of wedging a screwdriver between the boards and holding them in place with your knee. Please note that while this calculator shows the decking required, Southgate Timber advises that 10% be added to the total to cover wastage.

Lorry deliveries, within 7 working days depending on postcode many local drops are delivered sooner for instance London within 4 working days. Made from reinforced thermo-plastic with UV light and frost protection, the Protective Spacer Strip is supplied in 10m rolls which are simply rolled out along the joists and cut to length. With dry softwood decking boards, keep a minimum distance of 10 mm, with wet decking boards we recommend keeping a minimum distance of 7-8 mm.The BASO spacer has a distance gauge that allows you to quickly determine the level spacing between decking boards, which can be 5. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. With dry decking, you should keep a little more spacing in between than with wet decking, this is because the wood will warp again over time.