That pipe clamp that you see in the previous picture was one of 4 that I used to pull the deck boards together tight before I screwed them down. Even with the boards sitting out in the weather for a year, they still didn't dry out. There was enough shrinkage in the boards that each has a gap of about 1/16" between it and the next board.

This is the PVC "slide" with the "U" bolts that I made along with the 1 1/2" galvanized pipe that will hold the dock in place in the pond.


Here's the bottom part of the "T" showing the barrels before the deck boards were attached.


The top part of the "T" before the deck boards were attached:



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