Advice: Secret nailing of deck boards

[yugenpillay]

Outdoor Deck.

I am using ironbark on treated pine bearers and joists.

I am hoping to do secret nailing of deckboards. As I am new to this - I believe that keeping the deckboards off the joists using deckboard ties (saw these ties on UK Website) will help with secret nailing as well as slowing the rot as the deckboards are not touching timber.

http://www.andrews-timber.co.uk/HowtoDeck/RaiseDeck.html

Any advice welcome and is there such a product available in Australia or is there a technique/stapling/clips that can achieve secret nailing?

Thanks in advance
Yugen

[Carpenter]

I've seen the secret nailing clip concept around but have not yet had the opportunity to use it. One version I saw relies on the clip "grabbing " the sides of the decking, a possible concern if the board shrunk leaving it unsecured. Keep looking, I'm sure you'll find some type of system. If you decide to top nail it, be sure to use gal or stainless ring shank nails in treated pine, it really is a pissweak timber for outdoor use & loses nail holding power after a bit of exposure to the elements.

[journeyman Mick]

I've laid a couple of decks using these clips (decktights?) does a great job but takes around 2-3 times as long. You still need to face nail the first and last run of boards.

Mick

[mic-d]

There was one of these systems on the new inventors last year and when the inventor was asked whether any provision was made for replacing a board, and how it would be done, you could see that horrible churning feeling starting in his stomach - he hadn't thought of that :) I suppose boards don't need replacing often tho
Cheers
Michael