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re: Building a deck
Posted on 5/9/23 at 5:20 pm to yankeeundercover
Posted on 5/9/23 at 5:20 pm to yankeeundercover
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Building a deck
Was thoroughly disappointed this wasn't about Magic the Gathering, had a red/green deck I really wanted to share.
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Posted on 5/9/23 at 5:20 pm to yankeeundercover
Tape measure and a little math should get you close baw!
Posted on 5/9/23 at 5:31 pm to Shanegolang
Keep in mind that coated deck screws cost somewhere around 800 dollars a piece
Posted on 5/9/23 at 5:33 pm to yankeeundercover
If you’re going with wood, use 2x6’s instead of deck boards. Trust me. More expensive but looks a lot better and they don’t curl.
Posted on 5/9/23 at 5:41 pm to alajones
Deck boards won’t curl on 16 inch centers. That being said, if the deck is super deep, bot not too long, it might be cheaper to do less joists on 24 inch centers with 2x6 deck boards. I doubt it though.
Posted on 5/9/23 at 5:50 pm to yankeeundercover
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.
Posted on 5/9/23 at 6:27 pm to Vacherie Saint
Keep in mind that coated deck screws cost somewhere around 800 dollars a piece
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Ain’t no bs. An underestimated cost.
I’ll dig them out of old used lumber.
Posted on 5/9/23 at 6:48 pm to yankeeundercover
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Anyone know of any “deck building apps/sites where I can put in the dimensions/etc and it’ll tell me “You need X number of footers and X number of brackets, etc”
Pencil
Paper
Ruler
God I hate the 21st century
Posted on 5/9/23 at 6:49 pm to yankeeundercover
quote:
Anyone know of any “deck building apps/sites where I can put in the dimensions/etc and it’ll tell me “You need X number of footers and X number of brackets, etc”
TIA
Hire a contractor.
Posted on 5/9/23 at 8:57 pm to yankeeundercover
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