"Al Reynolds" wrote in message
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"Al Reynolds" wrote:
(2) Do I fit the arris rail clips to the arris rail, and then
nail them to the posts, or do I fit the clips to the posts
and then nail to the arris rail?

For info, here is what I meant by an arris rail clip:
http://tinyurl.com/3dfdb



I thought that would be what you meant by one.

My take would be to cut the arris rails to the correct length, then nail the
clip to the arris rail, aligning the ends carefully...

Then it's a much simpler job to nail to the post - if you're working alone
you can bang a single nail into one side and slide along the rail to fix the
other side before securing with a full complement of nails.

It strikes me as the devil's own job to try and hold the rail and bang nails
into it if you fix the clips to the post first.


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Richard Sampson

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