Brit here and it's smooth side up. We get a lot of rain and if it was ridges top it would make great pockets for water and moisture which would destroy decking in colder wet months.
Grooves down smooth up.... grooves up always gathers water plus water will leave boards at first groove underneath..... plus grooves up collects muck.....
Might I be so cheeky as to ask a word of advice! I putting down a new deck, grooved side down, and was wondering if it's possible to fix the screws diagonally through the edge of the board into the joist. I've seen tools to enable this, I don't have one and hadn't given it any thought until now. In your opinion to you think it would be a good idea to fix diagonally? (Plan being to hide the screws)
@@mwatson5702 I know why Brits do it. Doesn't change that fact it looks ugly as hell, and after one winter the groves hold muck. I just installed my large deck in Essex with grey composite boards. Beautiful. There are natural wood effect boards which has decent grip.
@@supermankelly that's your opnion and feelings. Dont say they're wrong but rather that you don't like it. I live in the UK and have my decking with ridges up (bigger ones that in this video) and I love it.
because ridges up, it dries very easily whereas with such tiny groves facing down, water can't actually escape because of surface tension. This guy is wrong, he put his boards upside down, and in this other video a professional explains why: ruclips.net/video/Jn8DR2UkFbQ/видео.html
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Brit here and it's smooth side up. We get a lot of rain and if it was ridges top it would make great pockets for water and moisture which would destroy decking in colder wet months.
Grooves down smooth up.... grooves up always gathers water plus water will leave boards at first groove underneath..... plus grooves up collects muck.....
Might I be so cheeky as to ask a word of advice! I putting down a new deck, grooved side down, and was wondering if it's possible to fix the screws diagonally through the edge of the board into the joist. I've seen tools to enable this, I don't have one and hadn't given it any thought until now. In your opinion to you think it would be a good idea to fix diagonally? (Plan being to hide the screws)
You completely omitted the cupping tendancy of deck boards.
I've been trolling the brits about this for years. Even UK builders will claim groves up. It's everywhere and Its ugly.
LOL. I agree wholeheartedly!
The Brits get lots of rain and it gets slippy on smooth wood. Simple. The flutes let the rain in to the joist too!
@@mwatson5702 I know why Brits do it. Doesn't change that fact it looks ugly as hell, and after one winter the groves hold muck. I just installed my large deck in Essex with grey composite boards. Beautiful. There are natural wood effect boards which has decent grip.
We may have to get Queen Lizy to adjudicate
@@supermankelly that's your opnion and feelings. Dont say they're wrong but rather that you don't like it.
I live in the UK and have my decking with ridges up (bigger ones that in this video) and I love it.
If you have two flutes crossing 90 to each other how dose water escape? Wow
what kind of wood was that
It's Merbau. Very popular here in Australia
This may be a stupid question, but why would anyone put the grooves upwards. Water gonna sit there.
because ridges up, it dries very easily whereas with such tiny groves facing down, water can't actually escape because of surface tension.
This guy is wrong, he put his boards upside down, and in this other video a professional explains why: ruclips.net/video/Jn8DR2UkFbQ/видео.html
Not to mention dirt will fill the grooves...
This is wrong advice. In this other video a professional explains why: ruclips.net/video/Jn8DR2UkFbQ/видео.html