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DeckLok in the PressBack to the main In The Press Page An excerpt from Fastener Options - Options GaloreSeptember/October 2005 Professional Deck Builder Magazine Injury-producing deck collapses and failures have resulted in more focus on the structural integrity and safety of decks. The fastener market is responding to that focus with new products. "It's the reason we came into being," says Michael Morse, president Morse Technologies, manufacturers of the DeckLok Bracket System, Brookeville, Maryland. "We are looking at how these decks fail and the forces that cause them to fail. Builders must realize that decks are subjected to conditions and forces that, over the long run, a nailed or screwed connection is not able to resist." © Professional Deck Builder Magazine |
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