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Posted by badgolferman on July 1, 2005, 9:16 pm
I'm building my first deck and have reached the last two deck floor
boards. I have a choice between ripping the second to last board or
the very last one. Either way the last board will have to be cut
around the vertical posts. The rip cut would be less than 2 inches.
Which would you do?
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on July 1, 2005, 10:15 pm
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> Either way the last board will have to be cut
> around the vertical posts. The rip cut would be less than 2 inches.
> Which would you do?
Neither. I'd have increase the spacing just a tad so the last board was
either a perfect fit or damned close to it. Or closed them up to add another
board.
If the boards are typical deck boards with a rounded edge you don't want to
rip it unless you can round the edge again. If you can't do that, put the
ripped edge to the outside.
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Posted by badgolferman on July 1, 2005, 10:41 pm
Edwin Pawlowski, 7/1/2005, 10:15:47 PM, wrote:
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> > Either way the last board will have to be cut
> > around the vertical posts. The rip cut would be less than 2 inches.
> > Which would you do?
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> Neither. I'd have increase the spacing just a tad so the last board
> was either a perfect fit or damned close to it. Or closed them up to
> add another board.
>
> If the boards are typical deck boards with a rounded edge you don't
> want to rip it unless you can round the edge again. If you can't do
> that, put the ripped edge to the outside.
Why to the outside? Is there an advantage to that? Surely not looks?
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Posted by Joseph Meehan on July 2, 2005, 1:10 am
badgolferman wrote:
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> Edwin Pawlowski, 7/1/2005, 10:15:47 PM, wrote:
>> > Either way the last board will have to be cut
>> > around the vertical posts. The rip cut would be less than 2
>> > inches. Which would you do?
>> Neither. I'd have increase the spacing just a tad so the last board
>> was either a perfect fit or damned close to it. Or closed them up to
>> add another board.
>> If the boards are typical deck boards with a rounded edge you don't
>> want to rip it unless you can round the edge again. If you can't do
>> that, put the ripped edge to the outside.
> Why to the outside? Is there an advantage to that? Surely not looks?
I would do it based on looks. It will show up a lot less on the outside
than making that one gap look different than all the rest.
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Joseph Meehan
Dia duit
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Posted by Mikepier on July 2, 2005, 4:49 am
What deck boards are you using? If you are using 2X6 PT, why not just
get a 2X8 or 2X10 to cover the last 2 pieces.
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> around the vertical posts. The rip cut would be less than 2 inches.
> Which would you do?