Hi All,
I am creating a decked area at the back of our house. I plan to fix the decking joists to the brick wall at the rear of the house - but I am wondering what fixings to use for attaching these joists? I have found some suitable brackets, but am wondering about the types of screw I should use?
Browsing screwfix, there are relatively cheap masonry screws:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/masonry-phillips-head-screws-5-3-x-57mm-pack-of-100/12531
or RawlBolts:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/rawlplug-rawlbolts-m8-x-10mm-pack-of-5/62313
Or hammer fixings:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/hammer-fixings-6-x-60mm-pack-of-10/15643
Or all sorts of others!
The decking is only going to be around 20 centimetres off the ground, so I plan to have 'legs' at roughly 1 metre spacing, so I do not expect there to be a considerable load on these fixings.
Any ideas what I should go for?
I am creating a decked area at the back of our house. I plan to fix the decking joists to the brick wall at the rear of the house - but I am wondering what fixings to use for attaching these joists? I have found some suitable brackets, but am wondering about the types of screw I should use?
Browsing screwfix, there are relatively cheap masonry screws:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/masonry-phillips-head-screws-5-3-x-57mm-pack-of-100/12531
or RawlBolts:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/rawlplug-rawlbolts-m8-x-10mm-pack-of-5/62313
Or hammer fixings:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/hammer-fixings-6-x-60mm-pack-of-10/15643
Or all sorts of others!
The decking is only going to be around 20 centimetres off the ground, so I plan to have 'legs' at roughly 1 metre spacing, so I do not expect there to be a considerable load on these fixings.
Any ideas what I should go for?