re: Building a deck

I did mine on 4x4 sills. At the time it was cheaper and required me to auger less holes.. I’m not a carpenter by any stretch but I’ve built mine and 3 family members and it is easy. I did buy an auger from haror freight for mine and that thing has punched hundreds of holes in the ground. I also ised the strongman hangers from lowes for joists. The biggest thing was making it squared and deciding on lengths and width to minimize waste. Dude quoted my mom 8400 and we did it over 2 weekends for 2700 with 2 guys and my wife.