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   IMERC | Jun 03, 2008 08:44pm | #1

   no...

    

   Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming

   WOW!!! What a Ride!
   Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!

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   Gene_Davis | Jun 03, 2008 09:27pm | #2

   Let me ask this in another way, then.

   If you have experience with these, please share some details and opinions. 

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   "A stripe is just as real as a goddamn flower."

   Gene Davis        1920-1985

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   taiter | Jun 03, 2008 10:15pm | #3

   That looks complicated. I'm a big fan of KISS. Keep it simple stupid. I prefer to use something like this:

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   I think fastening to the side of the joist can get complicated if you end up with a tight spot and as you fill the deck in, your working space gets smaller. Depending on what you are fastening, the simplest connected is the eb-ty fastener, but I have a hard time finding it and i does require that you have grooved boards or you must biscuit cut them. If you are going to use a claw type, go with tiger claw.

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   john7g | Jun 04, 2008 12:41am | #4

   using them for composite or PT?  I bet they dont sink well into composites

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   taiter | Jun 04, 2008 03:42am | #5

   That is right. The claws don't work well for composite. Composites usually have their own recommended fastener.

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   yojimbo2 | Jun 04, 2008 04:06am | #6

   First, if that is your logo I approve.  Very cool looking.

   Is that a new product?  Looks like it speeds the installation of deck boards w/o having to screw down from the top.  If you do end up using this product will you please post a review. 

   Thanks

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   Gene_Davis | Jun 04, 2008 05:03am | #8

   The logo is that of the artist Gene Davis, who has been dead since the date shown.  The quote is his, but the forum folks have asked that I remove the phrase that offends.  The same term used by the Rev Jeremiah Wright.

   Davis was famous for his large-format paintings that look like colored barcodes.  His work can be seen in the National Gallery in Washington, DC.

   To see a good online video of a fastener like this in play at installation time, go to the TigerClaw website.  I did not know of the TigerClaw, but googled for "hidden deck fastener" and found it. 

   Screwing from the top and down into the joist, it looks far better than the one in my first message in this thread.

   Videos at the TigerClaw site show the clip/spike used with many types of wood and synthetic decking. 

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   "A stripe is just as real as a doggone flower."

   Gene Davis        1920-1985

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   JeffinPA | Jun 04, 2008 05:00am | #7

   No i have not but that shoe that holds the deck board off the joist is interesting.   If there is movement with everything once installed, there might be squeek issues.

   Whomever is selling it, make em give you a demonstration  and go look and talk to owners where used 6 months ago.