Happy or Grumpy Guy with Decking?

[m@nge]

The eternal question, which side should be up? Happy face is my spontaneous thought, but looking at my newly purchased decking, if I lay the happy face, the deck is already u-shaped. Which is not good.

 

[nino]

Fine side up, I think the correct answer is

 

[m@nge]

Fina sidan upp tror jag det rätta svaret är

Absolutely. Provided that the fine side is not u-shaped. Or does the u straighten out if you screw from that side?

 

[neo11]

From carpenters I know, it's always happy face up.

 

[m@nge]

From carpenters I know, it's always smiley face up.

The carpenter I talked to said the fine side up. But if the fine side is inside the u-shape, it feels so-so.

 

[Danne_83]

Happy face up, meaning the core side up, is according to the textbook, which then dries and straightens out. However, as mentioned above, theory doesn't always match practice, and therefore it's probably not a bad idea to opt for the nice side up.

 

[Hobby Bob]

Angry Carpenter advocates for grumpy old man around 8:50 into the video https://www.facebook.com/1083774388383682

 

[m@nge]

Arga Snickaren advocates sour gubbe around 8.50 into the video [media]

Interesting. Sour gubbe = the water runs off.

 

[Krilleman]

I laid decking in the summer of 2019, putting the nice side up.

BUT

There is a huge difference between a happy or sad face.

The moral of the story is to always lay the sad face up; it's much more comfortable to walk on!

 

[Simon Traktor]

A thorough review is available here, it's largely about the conditions where you lay decking: https://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/woodybygghandel/blog_posts/glada-sidan-upp-45502

 

[nikasp]

Check out Svenskt Trä. Best side up and if possible the heart side up is what applies: https://www.byggbeskrivningar.se/utvandigt/montering-av-trall/

 

[Per Olov Rikner]

No, no, to the article.
I have installed many decking boards in my days and with the core side up it makes a smiling face on the end and not a water drain.
However, they should always be installed with the core side up as the other side is usually the one that cracks and looks the ugliest.

 

[Dag N]

Happy face, sad face - doesn't the article contradict itself when it comes to the nuclear side and whether the water should drain off?

 

[Sjösnö]

But exactly the opposite…. 🙄

 

[Göran Palm1]

The main reason for placing the core side up is that drying cracks are fewer and smaller on that side. The further from the center of the log, the larger the cracks become. Göran Palm, construction engineer and inspector, and forest technician.