14 b may then be positioned upon the top surface of the joists 12 and manually slid in the direction of the arrows in fig3 to contact the spacers 20 the deck board 14 b may then be firmly pressed against the spacers 20 such that the adjacent edge of the deck board 14 b is spaced from the adjacent edge of the deck board 14 a by the width of the spacer i e a consistent u215b of an inch with the deck board 14 b being pressed tightly against the spacer 20 plural fasteners 16 b may be driven through the deck board 14 b to secure the deck board 14 b upon the joists 12 as shown in fig1 after the deck board 14 b is secured to the joists 12 the plural apertures 24 formed in the spacers 20 extend vertically above the deck boards 14 such that a user may quickly insert a user 39 s finger or fingers therewithin and subsequently manually pull upwardly to remove each of the spacers 20 from the joists 12 the upper end 30 may be gripped by the user in addition to use of the apertures 24 for removal of the spacers 20 subsequently the spacers 20 may be repositioned upon the joists 12 for the next adjacent board in this regard the upper end 30 of the spacer 20 serves as a convenient hand hold enabling the spacers 20 to be rapidly positioned upon the joists 12 as previously described additional modifications and improvements of the present invention may also be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art such as enlarging the deck spacer of the present invention.