i have built a few decks around my house, and have found that spacing the boards 'one nail' apart accomplishes many things. for me, i think it just plain looks better overall, 2, it really helps with drainage, and 3, ever sweep a deck that had all the boards butted up to one another? it's like sweeping a dirt floor.
also, as mentioned before, once these boards are down, they will move around when they get soaked/dry out, so better to give them some room to move around. also make sure to figure in a little pitch to the whole thing so water will better drain off of it. |
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