A flooring board spacing assembly

A flooring board spacing assembly including

• an elongate platform member locatable on a flooring joist, the platform member having a plurality of first spacers evenly spaced at regular intervals along the length of the platform member, each of the first spacers adapted to separate adjacent flooring boards located on the platform member and form a predetermined space between the adjacent flooring boards;
• an elongate bearer platform locatable between a bearer and the flooring joist;
• and
• an elongate fixing jig having a plurality of apertures, the fixing jig locatable over the flooring boards such that the elongate fixing jig is aligned by the plurality of first spacers.

A method of installing decking boards, including the steps of

• locating an elongate platform member on a flooring joist, the elongate platform member having a plurality of first spacers evenly spaced at regular intervals along the length of the platform member;
• locating decking boards on the elongate platform member such that each decking board abuts at least one of the plurality of first spacers;
• attaching each of the decking boards to the flooring joist;
• and
• removing the plurality of first spacers from the platform member.