Hardwood studs etc for decking

**Coast** · 18th April 2020, 11:42 AM

G'day all,

I'm after some general advice on using hardwood house framing timber for decking.

I've removed a 200sq house (1960s) worth of hardwood studs, roofing timber etc. The wood is as solid as a rock and beautiful.

I'm building a deck, treated pine subfloor (450 joist centers), hardwood posts and need about 1350L/M of decking boards. I'm thinking of ripping my 140x45, 90x45 and 70x45 etc old house/roof framing timbers down and running them through jointer/thicknesser to get them down to about 19mm boards. I know it would be a stack of work but there is no rush for the deck so I have timber and time to spare. I though it would be a good use of my miles of old hardwood (once it's de-nailed).

Having alternate runs at 90, 140, 70 etc, could look very unique, almost like an old wharf.

Any advice on if it's been done before, issues etc would be helpful. Thanks in advance!

**havabeer69** · 18th April 2020, 12:23 PM

if you've got the time and tools go for it. will be quite a bit of repetitive work though. joint two faces, rip down to 21mm. thickness to final size.

the big killer will be if you are going to mix it with normal bought boards will be the fact the new boards will be rounded over on the edges, this means to match them in you will also need to round over your stud boards as well.

sounds like you'll need some newly sharpened blades for all the tools, and a few playlists of some good tunes (i'd suggest beers but we all know how beers and machinery shouldn't mix)

**rwbuild** · 18th April 2020, 12:42 PM

Rounding the edges is a must, saves a lot of splinters and much easier to handle

**Bohdan** · 18th April 2020, 12:53 PM

I would recommend that both the jointer and thicknesser have tungsten carbide cutters or you will spend a lot having them resharpened.

**aldav** · 18th April 2020, 05:37 PM

H'mm, so you're only 34? Yeah, there'll be plenty of time, you should have it finished by the time you're Bohdan's age.

**Coast** · 18th April 2020, 08:21 PM

Haha thanks for the advice guys. Yes 34.. plenty of time for ripping, rounding the edges (arggh) beers, tunes and probably RSI. I'll post some photos when it gets started (if).

**rwbuild** · 18th April 2020, 09:31 PM

Just make sure you use Protectadeck on your joists when fixing the deck down

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