Deck Installation

The clients are busy professionals, so they specified a minimal maintenance deck to watch their grandchildren play and to entertain for an upcoming wedding.

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First layout of deck copy: what shape & where we will build.

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Precise measuring for support tubes completed. This is a deck supported in from the edge (cantilevered), and so the supports must be precisely laid out. It shows the care we put in.

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All support joists laid out. We were one of the first to use a plastic anti-water coating (Grace Vycor) to stop water soaking into the exposed pieces of supports, and when it gets dirt inside, you can just hose it out.

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Completed. The customer ordered a no-back bench following the contour of the deck. It looks great.

Job Details:
  • excavation below grade to ensure solid foundations
  • ongoing consultations with the client changed the size of the deck to reflect their needs
  • changed buried natural gas line to "exposed" specifications
  • specified and installed fasteners (Strongtie) rated for the pressure treated wood used
  • framing overbuilt by 35% to ensure solid feeling when using the deck
  • the supporting structure was covered by a butyl tape to stop water getting into the joists and to stop debris from staying between the deck pieces
  • "Trex®" plastic composite used to minimize maintenance.
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