Reasons Why G-Tape is Easy to Install to Protect Deck Joists from Rot

G-tape is one of the easiest joist tapes to install. This is why it's my number one pick for easy installation. Read my full comparison of joists tape at decksbye3.com/....
Joists tape is also one of my top picks for ways to prevent your joists from rotting. Check out more ways to help your joists last as long as your decking.
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[@cabindweller8421]

Awesome! I’m replacing joists now and will do this.thanks

[@D-NICE33]

I built my Trex Escapes deck in 2009 and I wish I had known about this tape. My builder never mentioned anything and he's a perfectionist. Me and him did the whole job.

[@decksbye3269]

Learning more each day.

[@carlandrews5810]

@@decksbye3269 exactly, no one used anything like this with pressure treated lumber back in the day. My father built a pressure treated deck on their house when I was about 8 or 9 and 33 years later the framing is still good and it's got nothing like that. Yes, it would last even longer with the stuff, but Dennis, your deck will outlive you I bet.

[@decksbye3269]

@@carlandrews5810 Sometimes they use tar paper under the decking on the joists. But properly a bigger reason the treatment is not as strong anymore. Early 2000's they changed the formula now I find the wood rots easier.

[@dustbat]

That seems to be a great idea and plan.

[@decksbye3269]

My favourite joist tape. costs more than others but is so much easier to work with.

[@dom66221]

you'll be peircing holes all through that joist tape with deck screws. DECK SCREWS which provide a nice pathway for water to get trapped underneath the tape. There is no real time proof that deck tape works. I put it on double or triple board beams to prevent water between boards but never on the joists. good practices to prolong structure include avoiding geometry that can trap water and most importantly, design for proper ventilation under the deck.

[@iGaximus]

All Butyl tapes stretch and shrink, so when the screw goes through the tape it self seals around it. Like how a tire doesn’t always leak with a small screw, until you remove the screw, except this only has to be water proof, and there is zero pressure.

[@oldguyhobbies4627]

Hello. I just randomly found your channel. So many things i hadn't known about composite decking and deck constructing. Great information, Thank you. Keep it coming.

[@decksbye3269]

Thanks.

[@southerncomfort971]

Thanks for sharing. I do have a question, regarding the tape. Dose this tape stick to all surfaces? I have a length of wall that's sits on a block wall with just a slight edge of wood showing. Its on a north wall and I am wondering if I can apply this tape to the wood and run it onto the blocks. the reason for this is the siding guys put the started strip to high? of course that means a whole lot more money to have them fix it now. So I am looking for a inexpensive, easy way to protect this wood. its only like a 1/2 inch or less showing and its above grade by 18 inches. But I just would feel better if it had some more protect. Appreciate your thought on this. Thank you.

[@decksbye3269]

I have never tried sticking it to concrete but it is the best tape that I have worked with for adhesion.

[@southerncomfort971]

@@decksbye3269 cool thanks, unless I find a different idea between now and snow gone, I think this is the way to go, Thanks for sharing

[@D-NICE33]

when did they come out with this product?

[@decksbye3269]

Not sure. In the States, Dr.Decks was one of the first to use it under decking.