New Deck

Susan Davia
by Susan Davia
7 Materials
$750
3 Days
Medium

we removed our chicken coop and decided to put in a deck.....later we will put a slider from master bedroom leading out to the deck.size is approx 120 sq ft

we dug down 20 inches


dug the hole, placed the Quikrete 10 in. x 48 in. Building Form Tube (cut in half) put the post into this, poured the cement and put the metal post holder into this.. we then waited a few days for the cement to set.

using 6"x6" post and 2"x8"x10" to make the frame work,we notched out the 6"x6" post to fit in the (2) 2"x8"x10" into the post.

we used a shorter 6"x6" post in the center as this is where the slider will be.eventually we will replace an old window with a slider.

we repeated the process on the other side

Joist done.....


and the 2 additional post where the hand rails will be; it will have 2 sets of stairs....from the furthest view between the corner of the house the the 1st post there will be a set of stairs....and from there a rail...on the flip side of that a raised flower bed....the other set of stairs will be on this side of the deck with a rail next to it.

flashing to help protect the boards
starting to lay the boards down

using 2"x6"x10"

deck is laid down
1st set of stairs done
2nd set of stairs done


this leads to the side yard where we have the grills...

Rail and planter box


Rail and planter box built.

Planter box


Built a planter box. this area leads out to the back yard,has a view of the duck pond as well.

deck sealed and Rails up


2nd set up,still have hand rails to do.

Our new deck
Additional railing to safeguard our small blind dog
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  • Sharon Cave Sharon Cave on Jul 14, 2020

    How did you prepare the ground

  • Tamy Spangler Tamy Spangler on Jul 19, 2020

    Where did you use the risers? In the materials list they look like bed risers but I couldn't find them used in the instructions.

  • Mariquita. Mariquita. on Jul 31, 2020

    Very well done I love it !! 👍🏼,I just have one question ,where do you use the Risers ?

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  • Linda Shaw Linda Shaw on Jul 20, 2020

    This is amazing. Finally will redo deck for third time. Wish we did not have a split level. I love this. Probably will do a tec deck. The others do not last. Enjoyed this immensely. Thanks for the incentive. The decor is fabulous.

  • Susan Davia Susan Davia on Jul 20, 2020

    Thank you,if it is done right from bottom up it should last a long time,my friend did a tec deck ,he said only draw back is because it sits in a lot of sun it gets very hot,he is now forced to build some form of overhand.

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