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I’m a contractor and from start you can use 4” lag bolts with a washer and alternate putting up ledger to the house. Didn’t need to put bolts in and waste your time brother.
@@markboczar2329 thanks for watching, yeah that’s something I probably should’ve done differently since I’m finishing my basement and if I ever need to take the ledger board off would be really difficult. That and putting in piers for the posts.
It looks like your railing posts are half screwed just into the decking without any support under the decking attaching them to the frame... How solid is that?
Just now seeing this video. Thanks for posting. My daughter’s car is having similar issues. Could you have taken the rotors to a shop and had them turned, or are they too thin to do that?
@@michaelhutter9432 we have a covered deck flooring with Trex and over porch roof also covered with ceiling wood I doubt it’s leaks during rainy reason as we didn’t installed Trex drainage underneath I don’t want my wood base to get molds is there any way I can stop water leakage through Trex flooring highly appreciate your inputs
Nice deck, I actually built one for my daughter in 1998. It was 16’3” from the home and 16’ wide. The deck was all green, with 4…. 10” diameter concrete piers that were about 6’ high, and were 4’ in the ground (frost line is 42” here in the Chicago area). It is all 2x10’s and has a skirt all the way around to keep animals out. The deck has a staircase in the middle, and an escape hatch from a basement window. It is 26 years old and still in pretty good condition.
Thank you for this step by step process and great photos. Something I recently learned is that treated wood drastically changed in 2004 and the 2x that you buy at Home Depot or Lowes is not rated for ground contact. Only the 4x4s are and even they are sketchy. Nothing like the treated prior to 2004. Posts in concrete wont pass inspection here anymore. Has to be on columns of concrete and anchored. Personally, I don't see the difference but it is what it is. One thing I missed in this video was how to anchor the posts on the deck. Could you explain that, please? All I see are the screws. I'm guessing that is good enough?
First of love the way the deck came out looks really nice , I do have a question though for your post how off from the edge of your deck do you place them at did you just leave like 1ft of over hang ?
Thanks! The 2' overhang was determined by my local county building department when I went through the permit process. Almost 3 years later, still rock solid!!
This was right before supply chain and Covid costs went bananas but it was around $7700 my cost. 16 x 16. Railings and lights were almost $2k I believe.
@@michaelhutter9432my 09 had a small timing chain oil leak too. I was just keeping an eye on the level and adding more if it got low and then I found and added tribotex. Haven’t had to add more oil between changes since trying it.
my first thought.. GREAt Job! thanks for the vid <3 that auger rig is sweet too and a great crew, the 'peanut gallery' as my grams would say, TopGun Dad too! God Bless
@@michaelhutter9432 On the side away from the steps there are three posts, one at each corner and one in the middle of those two. Wouldn’t that put those eight feet apart? 🤔
how do i wire with a switch without a light? The back is very confusing as the switch has 4 pins, and there's a weird tray that can come out in the middle
Just fyi. I just replaced my 24 year old decking and railings which were mahogany 1x4, and white cedar log railings and balusters using stainless steel serrated nails. They lasted 24 years. Actually the decking could have made it another 5-10 years - mahogany is amazing if you want to stay with wood. I went to Trex and taped the tops of all the joists and blocking to prevent rot, since the PT joists are 24 years old and I need them to last another 24 years.
This must be in a southern location where winters aren’t severe. Posts need to be on top of sono tubes down at least 2-3 feet in the ground and stair landings need to be thick concrete slabs or a single piece of granite on compacted crushed stone to prevent movement from frost which can go 2-3 ft into the ground here up north.
Interesting way you broke the Pythagorean theorem into ‘units’. Most people find it hard to understand a squared plus b squared equals c squared. So this is good way to look at it
Great job! I would just like to point out another issue with putting the post in concrete like a fence post. You have a lot of weight on a deck and the post can settle or slip through the concrete. To avoid that, either use a column base or you can put some lag bolts in the post sticking out to grab the concrete to keep the post from sliding down.
