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I had a lot of the same questions, wish he had answered you.

@@Androz87 Since I sent this message, I have learned a lot. First off, he uses G Tape. Secondly, he sets his saw that it just glances the tape. What I do is rip a thin piece of pvc and slide it under the deck boards to elevate it just a smidge so that I don't cut the tape. Thirdly, not sure why he face screws the entire project. I would face screw the ends of all the boards but use hidden fasteners for the field. The only time I would face screw the entire deck is if I had an EPDM liner underneath and didn't want it to leak.

Ya that makes sense. I work for a GC, so decks are just a little of what we do. I live in SW Florida and we have issues where after just a couple hours our gaps open/ close 1/8ths of inches depending on the temp swings of the day. Face screwing then plugging ends of boards isn't something we've done but seems like that could help a lot. When I started 5 years ago face screwing was all we did. Last couple years we've been on a hidden fastener kick with face screws only used for our boarder boards. I may have to convince them about face screwing the ends in the field to help with expansion since that seems like it works the best. We've been using ziptape for our joist flashing tape but I don't like it since it's got writing all over, and if you look closely through the gaps you can see it lol. (Always bothered me, thats one of the things i was curious about.) But ya the types of hidden fasteners can dictate being able to make that clean, straight cut afterwords. We just tried these timber tec ones where once they're in, you can't get them back out afterwords due to having to angle screw them as you go. It makes it impossible to come back afterwords to back the ends off and fit a stuffer underneath for that safe, clean skillsaw cut. Luckily youtube exists. Thank you for getting back to me on an old video comment. Trying to improve my game best I can, always room for growth.

Gray Lumber in Tacoma.

The client probably didnt agree to pay the extra cost.

@@ryanscott6600 Doubt it. It's inexpensive and easy to install.

@@bradeley6409 true, but depends on the contractor. Some of them upcharge a ton.

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Try Veka decking. Most scratch-resistant and impact resistant decking I've found. That's comparing it to Timbertech, Azek, Armadillo, Clubhouse, Trex and others.

You may need to pull a couple deck boards to flash the house properly

@@drdecks have you ever successfully fished flashing under house siding that don’t feel inadequate? What type of flashing?

@@jonathan3518 You have to remove the bottom row of siding and the deck board that sits on the ledger to do it properly.

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