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Old 03-02-2010, 07:43 AM
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Originally Posted by allan gould View Post
David and John
Thanks to both of you for your replies. I'll be making sure I will screw the whole thing down as best as I can. Went to Bunnies and saw the lock down devices you made up and will be installing them too
Allan to clarify I used just a tad over 700 screws on the decking board portion of the deck - I wanted to make sure that the hardwood deck would be securely fastened to the base - LOL which I used well over 1300 framing clouts on the brackets and 330 screws. Probably overkill but I didn’t want to chance it as I had every intention of screwing the base of the observatory to the deck with several roofing screws. I didn’t drill any holes in the base either - just self drilling tips right through. That was after I had levelled the observatory and had the dome on and rotating nicely.

another note i made sure that any screw i put in for the dome was in the middle of a board