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This is a 12 foot Deck I built in 2005. It has gone through 6 Canadian winters and one restain of the deck surface. This instructable will cover each ...
Tools required are: Hammer, 4 ft Level Clam shell shovel or post hole auger Powered hand drill (I used a 1/2" hammer drill.) Hand Circular saw (mine i...
This is a 12 ft diameter cantelevered deck, with poured concrete piers. what follows assumes you will want to attach the deck to the house. Find a sp...
At the centre post peg, dig a hole to below frost level. In my county that means a minimum of 42 inches. Use a length of 10 inch Sona tube in this hol...
Refer to the diagram in step 2. When imbedding the saddles in the outer 8 post pours, imbed the saddles in post 1 and post 3 to align with the rectang...
With the concrete firm, use 3 inch deck or brass screws to fasten a pressure treated 4"x4" upright in each of the 8 saddles. These uprights are marked...
As in Step 5 the ODD numbered posts are framed to create a rectangle that intersects the rectangle of the EVEN posts. Follow the image, screw the pres...
There are 8 main deck joists, each crossing a vertices and resting on the centre post, giving us a 2 foot cantilever to the deck. Each joist is 6 feet...
This is a detail to show the joists mounted on the centre post. They should be pushed together, as we proceed
The circumference of the deck is formed by the end joists. This picture gives some detail about the calculation of the length of each end joist. Frank...
This is a picture from the kitchen door, after all the end joists have been installed. Look carefully and you see the joist ends on the centre post ar...
I used 2 ledger boards here to accomodate two vent pipes and to assure that I had a attachment surface beyond the entrance lintel. Notice I have insta...
The 4 inch Carriage bolt imbedded in the centre post is clearly too short to extend to the top of the joists, so I up-ended a second bolt and connecte...
The Cross joists are perpendicular to the end joists are are set at 16 inch centres. Notice that the joists are clamped at the centre. This matrix of ...
Start at the outer edge of the deck and work inwardly to the centre. The first row of decking overhangs the end joists by 1-1/2 inches. Each piece of ...
As you get closer to the centre of the deck, you will need to insert some scrap joisting to provide a surface to mount the decking. Additionally, sinc...
To get the clamping screw and nut below the bottom of the deck surface, we need to chisel out the edges of the main joists around the clamping screw a...
The connection of the Octagon deck to the house, required a small alteration in the plan. Keep the octagon shape, but deck the space between the wall ...
Here is the decking between the octagon and the house wall.
The deck looks great but my skills with the saw left rather wavy lines along the planking over the main joists. So my answer was to cover the joints w...
To do the inlay, -Rip a 6 foot piece of cedar decking about 3/8 inches thick. -Using the 7-1/4 inch saw to cut the channel straddling the saw joins ...
Using the ripped piece of decking mentioned above, straddle the saw join with the cedar strip so that it is centred above the join. Draw a line along ...
This shows four inlays in place. It doesn't require a genius to see the improvement of the design with the inlays. The lines at the main joists are de...
In our county, a hard roof on a gazebo or any deck changes all the rules. The setbacks for a deck move from 4 feet to 23 feet the minute your designs ...
That's it guys. I am not going to talk about the stairs, we all have been there. Any comments good or bad are appreciated. Suggestions are also welcom...
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