Deck: Assembly instructions
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Assembly instructions These assembly instructions have been designed to enable the proper installation of Tarimatec®, to ensure that you can enjoy your product with complete durability and good performance guarantees. Following these instructions is necessary to ensure the good performance of your Tarimatec® installation. Read the instructions thoroughly before starting the installation. 1. Floor condition The floor where Tarimatec® will be installed must be solid and in good condition, preferably hard and rigid, it should not crumble (e.g. concrete), where the fastening batten can be screwed. The floor must ensure water drainage to keep the deck from flooding. If the risk of water leaks prevents the use of screws, or if the floor conditions do not allow for it, a closed structure must be built using the framing squares as detailed further along in this manual. 1. Swimming pool with concrete floor, example of floor suitable for screwing.

2. Batten installation 2.1. Batten type Battens are the internal attachment structure of Tarimatec®. It should be noted that the battens framework should not be considered as a structural element in itself, and should always be installed on the ground, plots, concrete tiles or other type of main base or structure. These battens are manufactured with a special aluminium alloy, which offers excellent all-weather performance. The standard batten supplied in each installation is Batten A, limiting the use of Batten B only to specific installations that may require it. 2.2 Batten installation...

The battens must be screwed to the floor or support base using drive anchors of at least 6mm section, suitable for outdoor use. The standard available measurements offered by Tarimatec® are 6 x 60 mm and 8 x 100 mm. 5. 6x60 mm and 8x100 mm drive anchors This screw should be fitted to the inner side of the batten to ensure maximum ground penetration and the best possible anchorage. The battens should never be supported directly on the floor, but on rubber wedges or joints at least 10 mm high, to enable drainage of accumulated water. These wedges can be made out of Tarimatec® cuts. Tarimatec®...

If, as previously seen on images, levelling is required, the use of Tarimatec® cuts, PVC wedges, or other weather-resistant material, is recommended. For elevations above 150 mm, the use of Tarimatec® plots is recommended. The spacing between the plot centres must be at least 600 mm. The plots supplied by Tarimatec® have a clip or anchoring system that ensures the attachment of the batten to the plot. 9. Levelling with plots. Maximum spacing. 10. Batten-plot anchor clip. The plots used in the assembly, as is the case with the batten installed on wedges, must be fixed to the floor using...

At this point, the next question to be asked is how should the batten installation be performed? This depends on several factors: • The floor where Tarimatec® is to be installed (can it be screwed on or not) • The length of the slats and the drawing that the slats design will create. As for the floor: • Screws must be used as long as the floor supports it (is rigid and does not crumble), as well as there is no danger of leaks or seepage into the lower enclosures. • In floors where screwing or gluing are not supported, as for example on soil or garden lawn floors, concrete slabs with a...

In terms of slat length; • The slat length will define the batten installation design or, to the contrary, the batten installation design will define the slat length. As shown in the drawing, the battens must be bent at the beginning and end of the installation. This point is very important to ensure the stability of Tarimatec® during the installation. There must always be two battens installed in all internal and external perimeter areas of the installation. 16. Batten structure for an intermediate header meeting point. Consider that two battens should be installed between Tarimatec®...

As indicated above, the ends of the installation must have an intermediate batten, so that the spacing between the first and second batten is not higher than 150mm, and the spacing between the first and third batten is not higher than 350 mm. "Installation ends" must be understood as the installation perimeters where all the board headers end, be it in a wall, a swimming pool, etc. 20. Distance between battens in ends 21. Details of the slat installed in installation-end battens. As an example, and to clarify the concept of two battens in areas where deck headers meet, as well as the...

In specific situations in which, due to the complexity of the design created by the deck joints, two battens cannot be placed in between headers, two clips must be used in one batten as it is shown in the pictures. 23. Batten installation for an invisible joint. 25. Assembled deck with invisible joint.

Once the batten installation design has been defined, as well as how and what elements should be used to level it, and which drive anchor to used to fasten the installation to the floor, the question is: Which tool to use to drill the batten and the floor, and how to place the nail plug inside the inner batten wall? The following steps are the answer to that question: • 1º Drill two holes; one on the upper side and another one on the underside of the batten. The upper hole must have a larger diameter than the bottom hole, since the nail plug has to pass through it completely to be able to...

Using an extra tool or a drive pin, hit the screw to drive it inside the floor, fastening the batten from its lower side. The screw head must not be damaged for it to be unscrewed easily if needed. 30. Section view of batten fixed with drive anchors to the floor and aluminium framing square perimeter battens. Framing squares will be installed on each side at every corner of the installation from the outermost battens of the batten installation panel. This will ensure the stability of the closed panel or structure. 31. View of the perimeter framing squares fixed to the longitudinal perimeter...