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Thread: River Red Gum Decking?
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16th April 2009, 08:40 AM #1
River Red Gum Decking?
Hi~
I am new here and planning to build a 7x5m deck 500mm off the ground in the back of my house.
After some digging here and a trip to a timber shop I end up with the following design:
5 bearers, 140x45mm at 1400mm span between posts. (30 posts)
17 joists, 90x45mm at 1250mm span, 450mm between joists)
And 450m of 90mm hardwood decking, I saw some nice river red gum in the shop and know that Bunnings has them for $4.30/m, so I am wondering:
- What are the people's experience with river reds, and how it compared to merbau?
- Should I buy it from Bunnings? My local timber shop can't match the price and suggested me timbers from Bunnings can be dodgy..
- Around Hornsby, which timber shops should I talk to?
Also a question about footing:
- Because the deck is only 500mm off ground, I am thinking of sitting the bearers on those long galvanized steel post anchor stirrups thing, the thing with an U shape bracket on top of a post that you can dip into the concrete footing. The issue is that the U shape bracket is 90mm wide and my bearers are only 45mm, how should I join the two? Can I use L shape bracket instead?
I hope to attach my design and few photos soon.
Cheers
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