Deck Flooring: the first 25%

Uncle, Reddy and I figured out the dimensions of the boards we needed to cut for the deck floor. Pandya's material came in 10ft long pieces. It was more like 10' 2", but some needed to be trimmed to remove flashing, and other artefacts. I had planned on a staggered pattern comprised of:

• Row 1: 10 ft + 10 ft
  
• Row 2: 5ft + 10ft + 5 ft

Turned out the 5 ft pieces actually had to be more like 5' 1". As uncle and Reddy set about cutting them to size, I was placing them on the joists for a visual check.

Everything checked out. We then broke for lunch.

Fueled by Pizza, Reddy and I then started screwing the boards in place using a power drill/screwdriver ( a must have!). The boards did not require any pre-drilling since we were using 3" composite wood screws. We used simple paint sticks for controlling the spacing between the boards. We managed to put in about 6 rows. After Reddy left, I put in 3 more rows.

Decking was about 25% complete (9 of 35 rows)!