Useful Decking Terms
Useful Terms that will allow you to understand the planning process with our designers.
- All-heart grades - Grades of wood which contain no knots or blemishes.
- Band joists - Joists which form an attractive border or band around the framing joists.
- Bow - The deviation from straight and true seen when looking at a board on its edge.
- Construction common - A grade of redwood containing sapwood.
- Crown - The highest point of a warped board, seen from the board’s side.
- Cup - The warp of a board seen from the board’s end.
- Girder - A support member of a deck floor framing system which rests upon the piers. The girder is in a position parallel to the ledger and supports the opposite end of the joists.
- HDG (Hot dipped galvanized) - A rustproof coated metal which is less expensive than aluminum or stainless steel.
- Joists - A system of floor framing commonly using 2 x 6 or 2 x 8 lumber.
- Ledger - A board of the same size as the joists, attached to a wall, to which the joists are perpendicularly attached.
- Pier Holes - Holes dug to below frost line and filled with cement for a firm footing to raise foundation piers.
- Plumb bob - A heavy object suspended on the end of a string for the purpose of establishing a true vertical line.
- Toe nailing - Nailing at an angle which reduces chances of nails loosening under stress.
- Torpedo level - A level 8 or 9 inches in length with vials to read level, plumb and 45 degrees.
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Useful Terms that will allow you to understand the planning process with our designers.
- All-heart grades - Grades of wood which contain no knots or blemishes.
- Band joists - Joists which form an attractive border or band around the framing joists.
- Bow - The deviation from straight and true seen when looking at a board on its edge.
- Construction common - A grade of redwood containing sapwood.
- Crown - The highest point of a warped board, seen from the board’s side.
- Cup - The warp of a board seen from the board’s end.
- Girder - A support member of a deck floor framing system which rests upon the piers. The girder is in a position parallel to the ledger and supports the opposite end of the joists.
- HDG (Hot dipped galvanized) - A rustproof coated metal which is less expensive than aluminum or stainless steel.
- Joists - A system of floor framing commonly using 2 x 6 or 2 x 8 lumber.
- Ledger - A board of the same size as the joists, attached to a wall, to which the joists are perpendicularly attached.
- Pier Holes - Holes dug to below frost line and filled with cement for a firm footing to raise foundation piers.
- Plumb bob - A heavy object suspended on the end of a string for the purpose of establishing a true vertical line.
- Toe nailing - Nailing at an angle which reduces chances of nails loosening under stress.
- Torpedo level - A level 8 or 9 inches in length with vials to read level, plumb and 45 degrees.
