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2.5. CREATING DECKS FROM PLATFORMS
Decks can be created by combining platforms using TPPC (CONNECTORS – PLATFORM TO PLATFORM).
Refer to SECTION 2.3, ‘CONNECT TWO PLATFORMS TOGETHER’.
NEVER use two leg stubs at a platform connector; there must always be at least one
leg with a foot reaching the ground in the connector.
Regardless of the location of the platforms and the platform connectors in the deck,
use a minimum of two legs per platform.
2.5.1. Whenever possible, alternate the direction of the platform connectors from one side of
the platform to the other as the deck is being created.
2.5.2. At locations where four platform corners meet, install the platform legs in opposite
diagonal corners (whenever possible), and alternate the direction of the opposite
diagonal corners at the next connection.
2.5.3. Trim all legs and leg stubs on the interior of the deck at or below the top of the platform
corner pockets as the deck is being created (the outer perimeter where two-line rails or
picketed guards will be installed should not be trimmed).
2.5.4. Locate the TCPCPR (PLATFORM CORNER POCKET COVERS), then insert the 2” x 2”angled
edges into the pockets where the post would normally be installed.
2.5.4.1. Tighten the set screws in corner pocket to hold the covers in place (FIG. 2.8).
2.5.4.2. Refer to SECTION 4.6 and FIG. 4.11 for addition details on set screw locations.
PLATFORM CORNER POCKET COVERS come in pairs of left and right hand, but can be
installed in either platform corner pocket as long as they extend onto the platform
side rail.
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