Waldo's Deck

[Waldo]

G'day,

Nope, pics yet, sorry, for that you'll have to wait until I kick off next Tuesday.

Rather than raising a thread each time I have a question I thought I'd encompass it all in here.

So, the boards for the deck and external posts will be merbau, what timber will compliment the merbau if I don't also use merbau for the handrails? Also what timber will also compliment as the slats within the handrails? Merbau for everything might be an overkill.

Also with the handrails, I'm looking for a style similar to breadloaf or ladies waist handrail, not with the same profile but just a simple rectangular profile. What I 'm after is a handrail that has mortices rather than one channel running the length of the handrail, for the reason that it'd collect water on the bottom rail. I could rout the mortices, but it'd be very time
consuming.

What I don't also want to do is this, referring to the handrails and the way the slats are fixed (see second pic)

Any ideas?

[Wongo]

I like your deck.

[Waldo]

You're a cheeky bloke Wongo.

[Gra]

deck him waldo....



he he he.. couldnt resist

[Waldo]

deck him waldo....



he he he.. couldnt resist

Doesn't anyone have any ideas?

[Wongo]

Remember Gra, no one likes a clever deck.

[Gra]

Remember Gra, no one likes a clever deck.

yeah I suppose, they usually get called a deck head anyway dont they

[Waldo]

a really serious thread so far. C'mon Utemad or Connolly's you got any ideas?

(there are always the village clowns about somewhere )

[silentC]

What I 'm after is a handrail that has mortices rather than one channel running the length of the handrail, for the reason that it'd collect water on the bottom rail.

What they normally do with the bottom rail on an indoor balustrade is fill the housing with a timber strip after the balusters have been fitted. You could do the same. You just mill a length the right size to fill the housing, then dock it to fit the space between each baluster. You can use one as a spacer when you're fitting the balusters so they're all the same gap.

[Gra]

Actually on a serious not (Yes I can do that every now and then). The way the bottom slats are mounted on that second photo would allow for little moisture build up as gravity would take it away. You can buy handrail (Laminated pine ) from bunnies that already has the rebate at the bottom and is in the "Ladies Waist" style.

[Waldo]

What they normally do with the bottom rail on an indoor balustrade is fill the housing with a timber strip after the balusters have been fitted. You could do the same. You just mill a length the right size to fill the housing, then dock it to fit the space between each baluster. You can use one as a spacer when you're fitting the balusters so they're all the same gap.

You know what Silent,

That probably is the best way. Rout the channel in 90x41 merbau, and fill with strips. So the next question, what timber for the slats? I don't want to paint but would rather the timber be in it's natural state.

[silentC]

Do you want a contrasting timber? It could look OK with a blonde timber like blackbutt or ash. Or maybe alternate dark to light.

Personally, I'd just do the whole thing in the same timber anyway.

[HappyHammer]

Merbau for everything might be an overkill.

Because of the price or the look?

HH.

[Waldo]

Do you want a contrasting timber? It could look OK with a blonde timber like blackbutt or ash. Or maybe alternate dark to light.

Personally, I'd just do the whole thing in the same timber anyway.

and

Because of the price or the look?

HH.

Price is okay, just wonder if it would be too much merbau. I've ordered about 15lm extra of 140x19, so the left over might give me enough slats, if not I could easily get more.

[Gaza]

try to use a profile like this,

http://aussie.designpine.com/Files/P...20nsw_2990.pdf