Building a Deck
 

I'm building a deck on the back of the house. My yard is very small, and my wife wants a "contained" area for my handicapped son to play. We're making this 12' x 16', not huge, but enough for him to play. I'm also making the handrails taller than normal.

I started about 3 weeks ago by renting an auger and making the holes for the footers. Had a buddy help me, because those augers are pretty powerful. Made 4' deep holes. In the evenings following I poured the cement. Last weekend a couple friends came over to help me put up the posts and beams. As you can see we got a few joists in place to hold everything in place. I'm using under-deck brackets for the floor decking, so over the past couple of nights I've cut the rest of the joists and mounted the brackets. Today I will put up the rest of the joists. Tomorrow a friend is coming and we'll do the decking, and hopefully get some of the handrails completed. By Monday I hope to have it finished.

Here's where I'm at right now.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=2696

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=2697

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Thor will love that! :tu

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Very nice start Warren!!!:tu

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Looks good so far. :tu

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Looks real good. My wife and I want a deck built but it would only come up about 6 inches in our yard.

Good luck with the project

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:tu

Looking good so far. Some people are only interested in the finished product but I love to see construction as it happens. One of my biggest pleasures when I did construction work was to look back at the end of each day and see the progress we'd made. :)

That may technically be a great place for him to play but I forsee it becoming a great place for a morning cup of coffee and a short smoke too! :D

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Looking good!!

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Yeah me too! Looking good there. One word of caution though. Be careful about installing those joist hangers ahead of time - your pressure treated wood dimensions will not all be exact. So some of them might be a tad to high and some to low. I use to install a temporary ledger to rest the joists on and then position when nailing.

Don't forget to post more pictures!


Ron

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:tu:tu

Looks good!

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Very, nice! :tu

I know your son is gonna love being out there, once dad has it finished! :D

Keep posting the progress pics, Warren! :ss

:dance:

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Break Time!

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=2706

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Looks good. :)

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:tu :chr :wo

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Thats gonna look when it is done. Build him a play cave or fort beneath!

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Very nice. Can hardly wait for final pictures!
:tu

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Looking good! That's a good start.
Speaking of decks, we're in the middle of demolishing our 30 yr old deck, mostly due to termite damage.

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Bravo- looking good. Our deck actually fell down- gonna hafta do something about that!

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My daughter's boyfriend helped me hang the joists tonight. We got them all hung. Tomorrow I'll get the decking done. I've got 2 guys coming to help, so I hope to get the entire floor done. Maybe some handrails too.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=2710

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Looks great and solid!

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Here's where it's at now. I'm heading out in a few minutes to start laying the deck boards. A couple guys are coming to help. I'll post more pictures later today.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/pictur...pictureid=2711