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    Choosing A Deck Pattern / Design

You can install your deck flooring material in a variety of patterns and designs. Most deck      pattern and design variations require that the support frame be modified to accommodate the pattern or design. Because of these potential modifications you should decide on a deck flooring pattern and designs before you start designing the structural (frame) members of your deck. It should also be noted, that the more complex the deck material pattern or design the more material that will be required for both the deck structure and the deck material itself. The more complex the pattern the more labor hours it will take to install it. Although the more complex patterns tend to stand out and increase the decks value. More complex, deck flooring patterns can be installed over a conventional deck frame, but requires that the joists spacing be closer, which will require more joists. The decking boards will not be the same length, and the fact that each board must have the ends cut at an angle, means installation takes longer and there is some additional waste in deck flooring board material. The ends of every piece of deck flooring material must be supported by a deck frame member. No single piece of deck flooring material must exceed its allowable span (support between deck frame members). Below are some decking patterns starting with the simpler patterns and then the more complex patterns

Product Pictures  (Click thumbnail to view picture) (Click left / right arrows to view more thumbnails) Parallel Alternate Parallel Perpendicular Picture Frame Diagonal Diagonal "V" Shape Diamond Herringbone Having your deck material installed where all boards run parallel to one another is the easiest, takes the least amount of time, and consumes the least amount of material. The vast majority of deck material is installed running parallel to the house. There is good reason that a parallel approach is the most common; this pattern / design is the easiest and quickest to install, requires the least amount of material both in the deck frame and the deck flooring itself. Installing deck flooring material of alternate widths such as alternating 2 x 6 material with 2 x 4 material. This variation does not require any changes to the deck frame. Running the material perpendicular to the house. The advantage to this design is that it generally requires shorter lengths of deck flooring material which should avoid the necessity of creating butt joints. To implement this pattern or design you must run the deck joists parallel to the house rather than perpendicular. . Parallel Having your deck material installed where all boards run parallel to one another is the easiest, takes the least amount of time, and consumes the least amount of material. The vast majority of deck material is installed running parallel to the house. There is good reason that a parallel approach is the most common; this pattern / design is the easiest and quickest to install, requires the least amount of material both in the deck frame and the deck flooring itself.

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