Deck board fastener methods

A method of assembling a deck structure, the method comprising:

• providing a joist member;
• providing a plurality of deck boards, each deck board having laterally opposing side edges with a groove therein arranged to span across the joist member parallel and laterally adjacent to one another and transversely to the longitudinal direction of the joist member;
• providing one or more deck clips, wherein each of the one or more deck clips comprises a body having a transverse upper member with an upper surface and a lower surface, a perpendicular member extending from the lower surface of the upper member, a central aperture through the transverse upper member, two or more clip anchor apertures positioned about the central aperture, and a planar surface section on the upper surface of the transverse upper member between the central aperture and the two or more clip anchor apertures, and a clip having an upper surface and a lower surface, a central clip aperture therethrough, and two or more clip anchors positioned along at least one edge of the clip and extending downward away from the lower surface of the clip, wherein the clip anchor apertures receive the clip anchors when the central aperture of the transverse upper member corresponds at least partially with the central clip aperture and the lower surface of the clip engages the planar surface section of the upper surface of the transverse upper member;
• positioning a portion of the transverse upper member of the deck clip in the groove in the board;
• and
• securing the deck clip to the joist by passing a fastening device through the clip aperture and the central aperture.