Description

DeckWise Lockit Down Washer Extra Information

Lockit Down Washer™ – Patented Technology

Our DeckWise Lockit Down Washer is specifically designed for hardwood deck tile floating floors over uneven surfaces. How? Deck tiles can be solidly anchored using a locking washer inserted into the corner cut kerf of hardwood deck tiles. 

The DeckWise Lockit Down Washer ™ is a round washer comprising a black oxide-coated 304-grade stainless steel insert encased inside a glass-filled polypropylene plastic resin.

Each DeckWise Lockit Down Washer ™ is secured to the top of a pedestal head with a stainless steel 3/32” screw which passes through the oblong slot in the center of the washer.

The screw is threaded into a stainless steel insert attached to the center of the self-leveling pedestal head, locking down the tiles tightly.

Hardwood deck tiles intended as structural surface tiles over an elevated building surface utilizing a pedestal, such as the DeckWise®  Altitudes Pedestal®, must be secured to the top of the pedestal to prevent their uplift from wind and dramatic airflow.

Easy Installation & Removal

Slide a washer into the corner cut kerfs of 2 installed and level deck tiles. The DeckWise Lockit Down Washer will mostly be inside these 2 side-by-side tile corners. Loosely hand-thread the 3/32″ stainless steel screw into the Altitudes Pedestal® self-leveling head’s stainless steel insert. (Or use a stainless steel wood screw through the slot of the washer down into pedestal heads without a head insert.)

Install a 3rd and 4th hardwood deck tile onto the pedestal, ensuring all corner gaps are evenly spaced. At this point, the washer should still be tucked inside the first 2 deck tile kerfs.

Move the washer out into the center of the pedestal head, making sure there is adequate contact with each deck tile kerf and the washer. Once all 4 deck tiles are in place, and levelness is checked, securely tighten the screw for maximum hold-down.

To remove a deck tile: loosen the stainless steel screw and slide the washer inside an adjoining deck tile cut kerf slot out of the way.

All 4 corners of the deck tile to be removed will need to have the locking washer loosened and slid to the side for the removal of the deck tile. Every locking washer can be moved or rotated to selectively disengage any hardwood deck tile. 

By moving the washer in each corner of a deck tile to clear, the tile can rapidly be removed from the building surface without the removal of other adjacent deck tiles.

Tighten and remove the 3/32″ screw with the hex wrench included in the packaging

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