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Welcome to the official April Wilkerson YouTube channel. I’m April and I’m the creator of Wilker Do’s. I’m not professional or have any training, so I just pick the project I want to tackle and figure it out step by step. On this channel you will find a variety of content like DIY home improvement, How-To’s, construction and more.
Nice work on the deck April! Thanks for sharing the video with us!????????????JP
You could build a jig to help withe screw hole alignment. One edge butts against the joist edge and piece of wood screwed on top of it. The edge of the screwed in piece of top runs halfway along the top of the joist. Mark on this piece of wood the location of the middle of the plank of wood. This gives you a visual reference where to put the second screw and it is lined up against the first. You could also 3d printed this and extend the top of wood sideways so you have a hole, this will keep your drill straight and aligned better
This deck is going to be awesome!
Who wouldn't want to be friends with April just to hang out there?
Really nice job folks.
Are those 2×6 boards
Very nice work
Nice video as usual. Curious about follow up to your video awhile back where you were going to explore starting laser CNC business. Did you decide not to finish that series? Thanks
Are you going to patent the foot hammer haha. You should have made that pool a hot tub.
When in doubt improvise. Always been my motto.
What kind of knee pads are those or are they knee braces?
These women are coached through the entire process. woman cant build anything. Gotta love the power of editing
What happened to the sign off wave??
I like the look of your decking seams April. I have never seen this before. Nice Design Touch! ????????????
So I'm curious…why didn't you use the Camo SS Edge decking screw to hide the screws and keep moisture out of the fastener hole? And why only rain gutter that small section of decking vs make all of it dry underneath?
mmmhmm a lil gymnastics there!! goes well with your blackbelt in 'April's Artistic Arts' haha yeas!!
hah! I have the same pair of HD knee braces; they are totally worth the knee protection!! nice tips on the spacing…good stuff for us diyr's
I really like the new intro and outro. Looks like the time in Hollywood paid off.
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Great job ❤
Why wouldn’t you use hidden fasteners these days?
Some good comments April. I've built a few dozen decks over my life and might have some additional observations. Cedar IS pretty, and I've installed lots of redwood decks too, from con heart to VG clear. I'll never recommend one again. They are beautiful, but they DO decay, faster than you think. The nicer the wood, the worse I feel when it decays. I've gone to synthetic. I know, wood is renewable, but, of course has slivers for the bare feet, and nicer wood is less renewable. I HAVE used certain type of Ipe for recently for a deck. I pre drill the screw hols for that. Why use such? for fire retardant reasons. Turns out that certain species of Ipe, actually have a Class A fire rating. (west coast, we have fires). Secondly, yes, the old standard for spacing between boards was a sinker, (16 penny nail) which is probably a bit less than 3/16ths. I've done that, (terrible) to 3/8" better, to 1/2". I know, 1/2" is too wide for high heels. But the decks I build on my ranch, don't see high heels. I get a fair amount of rainfall, and anything closer than 5/16" swells up promotes rot. 3/8" doesn't swell up, but that spacing collects detritus, (small branches, needles, etc). I went to 1/2" about 10 years back, and that works the best for me. With a small blower, the deck cleans well and easily. Most needles drop right thru. I agree, stainless screws are very much better than non stainless. Of course with synthetic, (like Trex) I'd suggest torx composition as they are the best looking and much easier to drive than Phillips or even square drive. I agree about planning out the joists carefully. I try NOT to have seams come together on top of doubled up joists. Cause those seams always collect more debris, and thus rot. Putting tape on top of the joists is a good practice too. There are special tapes for such, but if you are wanting to be cheap, one can just cut heavy tar paper strips for the top and that will help considerably. (of course if money is not an object, I've seen some folks use copper strips which last and are antimicrobial anyway. Of course, each person has different ideas about beauty, and your deck is lovely too.
Great video. April, I do have a question; I noticed you have a knee brace/pad on your left knee. Where did you get that and how padded is it? I only ask because I have had a knee replacement. Keep up the great work. God Bless.