Decking fixing

[Rick Hughes]

Just ordered what seem like a small forest of timber for the frame of my decking.

Q on fittings ...

I am using 4x4 posts and then fixing 150x50 ring frame to these .. joists then hung off this frame ..

What to use to fix such a connection ...?

I could use coach bolts eg M10 x 180

See a lot of 'ads' for this type of finish for decking ....

Are they worth it, about 10 price of BZP

Secondly ... are coach bolts the best option ? what about using these in 6 x 140 ...

They are SPAX and that usually means good quality, and much cheaper than bolts (and no thus holes drilled.) There are alternatives such as

Or I could use a mixture and use bolts on the 4 corners .. and SPAX on the rest, what would you advise ?

[harry]

I would use stainless steel bolts and timber connectors on the corners.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

It would be interesting to see what happens in five years to the ones the bloke put into the oak beams.