Contractors Hate Me For Showing You This! 

looks good

Do you really want help feeding a child to replace you???why why

Bark side always goes on the top. Go to Lowe's and look at the ends of all the wood flooring. Reason, the wood will always cup and it's safer to walk on a floor that the edges are not sticking up. Bark side on top will make all the edges touch the joists and therefor will not rock. I used to be a union carpenter and graduated the apprenticeship program.

what's the point of using joist hangers if the rim joist/ledger isn't supporting the weight? seems like a waste.

Get a m12 palm nailer it will help with nailing joist hangers faster then screwing them

Thank you! That's my favorite!

@@HAXMANTell Kim that a hard working woman (Prov 31) is BEAUTIFUL!

You are a wise man Clark. ❤ God Family Country ✝❤🇺🇸

Thanks for the tips and thanks for not hating! 😄

Um......maybe just film a video and post the link to it here.....

@@JQUICK21um.. he’s been in this trade alone for 50 years (let alone any other jobs). So he’s about 70 years old... …Maybe you can fly out to meet him and help film, edit and post it?

THANK YOU DEAR SIR FOR SHARING YOUR ADVICE AND WISDOM --- WE APPRECIATE YOU!!!

Barbaric? Really??? Constructive ideas are great. Insults are shallow....

Good overlooked point.

I learned several things watching this build. Thanks!

And the grain of the deck boards being right.

And cups down…to shed the rain…and spilled beer. Other than that… pretty good project!

how about squaring the entire thing?

Good luck!

@@HAXMAN Thanks. After years in the army and the other half of my career as an overseas contracter I still am excited like I was 15 years old ... looking so much forward to this life change and being able to finally craft something usable and sustainable with my own hands. You earned another subscriber today !

Im 60, and I grew doing carpentry as well as most other construction trades including heavy equipment operator. Worked it all of my life and I still enjoy the satisfaction of completing a project. I love the smell of new concrete, sawdust, fresh turned dirt, and diesel fumes!​ @Vurt.451

Well done! Old-guy carpenter here... make sure you take care of your body.

Welcome. Come to Texas.( Indian for friends) youl like Texas.

Thank you very much! When I'm editing them I start to get worried when they are this long and I can't cut them down any more.

I love the long versions. If I don't have enough time to watch, I add it to my watch later queue ​@HAXMAN

😄 Thanks!

Sasquatch is like a cat. Loves to watch people doin' stuff.

The skin walkers bothered me a bit.

@@Daniela-Christianson Cats make everthing so much easier.

I'm still digging out stuff, wondering why my turf is dying and not growing.

Bricks in my case. I have an endless supply of bricks… so long as I sift my entire acre of land.

If I'd not already subscribed that protipabout the Coke cans etc. woulda earned it. Heard about a subdivision where the grading contractor had connection with demoliton of a bowling alley. People found bowling balls buried in their backyards.

I’m dealing with this Buried trash (cement, metal banding ect).

@@sirbixalot73 definitely another pro tip

We call 'em swamp apes down here!

The only way I knew it was not a real Big Foot was that the footage was crystal clear lol

Obviously working on a similar project and sneaking by for some tips....also the 'throwing daughter in the air' technique....maybe learnt something there.....

I think you may be milking this a bit. 😁

@@HAXMAN 🤣

This is utterly ridiculous!!!

@@floridagunrat1625 Udderly ridiculous, I agree.

Didn't you mean a "mooing" experience?

Thank you!

Yeah, good job! I have to make my family have dinner together. Maybe they'd RATHER build a deck? Imma schedule it. I need one any way. They shoulda came to dinner. ​@@HAXMAN

I did that with a wall I built at a friend's house 2 years ago plus I wrapped it in plastic 😂

It a good idea to keep a plastic skeleton available, I have one in the garage, for just such an occasion.

Omg. This is the best thing ive ever gotten from a youtube comment. Landscaper here. Iy clearly have not been bringing my A-game cuz I never thought of this.

Gold.

Oh, that is so funny! Maybe dress the skeleton in some old raggedy clothes. By the time anyone finds it, at first glance they'll freak out and raise all kinds of noise. 😂🤣

MY house was built1979. every time it rains I get roofing nails, broken glass, tile cut offs from the foyer floor, whole bunch of random stuff. Have yet to find the construction trash pile but I assume its near the creek....

The same stuff will be in the walls.

That’s wild!

Put your beer cans in the bin.

She enjoyed rearranging my screw boxes. 😄

@@HAXMAN She was your little helper. Helper of Making People Take a Break. :)

Even us adults need an uncle like this!

Every kitchen have a dad like this

I used to carry a chalk reel full of baby powder for this exact thing so you’re not leaving waterproof chalk lines on there

--- and be sure to use red chalk so the lines can be enjoyed by generations

​@@mwrightinsurance holy shit sir, that's a good one

@@mr.pissshivers an old-school Carpenter taught me that about 20 years ago. It works great on any type of wood that you don’t wanna leave any chalk on

Everything was square and he was using a square to line the screws up, I imagine they were pretty straight. The chalk line is good too as a means to the same, as opposed to winging it but what he did works too.

At least I wasn't over budget. 😂

​@HAXMAN wasn't the budget "a fraction" of 8,000? 😂You couldn't screw that up, you nailed it.

​​@@jakemelinko had to be 4,000 or less to be a single fraction, since anything over 1/2 is going to be multiple fractions 😂

The old project axiom still holds: You can have the project done 1) On time, 2) Within budget, 3) Done right -- Pick two.

@@priestesslucy3299 Huh? Why can't 3/4 of something be a fraction of something?

Yeah, but, that's $530.00 just for the blocks! I would get them if they were maybe $3.00 each.

Awesome!

I try. 😂

@@HAXMAN Need a sister in Florida (on the coast! SRQ)? LOL

Quickest way to get a visit from the FBI when you sell the house 😂

Great tips. Re: #3, what's a saddle?

Yep. Also building code requires it when lumber is nearly sitting on the ground.

I wanted to say the same thing. Why would you waste all that money on joist hangers when there's no weight on that piece of wood. The whole point of joist hangers is to distribute weight evenly and safely. Could have just done screws or nails from the inside and still kept the face of the board clean. Or just did a double face board like he did on the other sides that he nailed through.

Over engineering is never a waste. At the very least it gives peace of mind. If any of the pads ever sink or shift (and they will), these measures will make it ridgid enough that if half those pads don’t make contact, it will still be safe and ridgid. This deck as he built it could be moved intact safely and efficiently with just 4 eye bolts installed in those end boards that he used the hangers. The extra cost involved is minuscule compared to the options it opens up in the future. This is a floating structure, it will require maintenance in the future if it stays in the same location. If he ever decided to move it or repurpose it, it could be done easily and with much more potential uses. If he wanted to repurpose this as an elevated permanent deck, it’s ready to. If he wanted to build a storage shed, he could slip a few Timbers under it, anchor those, and it’s ready to start framing on top of. If those pads settle or heave, or a family of foxes move in underneath or a pet decides to crawl under and have their offspring, these hangers give him the freedom to jack from the outer plates at will. Freedom is never free but the costs can be elevated greatly with some forethought and preparation. I am not a contractor, I am a farmer. If there’s anything a farmer knows well, it’s that todays problems are just reaction to yesterdays poor preparation. Hope for the best, even expect it. But Always plan for the worst, and when the worst comes, you’ll still be equipped and prepared to make it the best outcome possible. This mindset should be the same for every DIYer. Farmers are just professional DIYers.

The tough blocks are way to expensive if you're using more than 4.

I'm glad someone caught that beside's me.

Thank you Jenn! I’m so glad it was helpful. Good luck!

This video has a lot of overdoing and flaws. Materials list could have been sliced in half.

Actually that sounds fair

the whole deck build is an asinine built. RU-vidrs should be required to make a disclaimer before each building video, that these aren't instructional videos and these builds are not up to building code.

Fruit gums, he was driving me crazy with that pumping action. They do that on This Old House also. I have variable speed Bosch tools. They start out at 0 to full RPM in a smooth increase in speed. Other tools turn on at maybe 300 RPM.

I appreciate that!

That’s good to hear.

Thanks!

It's a joke, andy; he is making fun of click-bait titles.

It is. It's even easier on a raised deck because the blocks don't have to be level with each other.

Too expensive.

Yes, I remember when Dads and Grandads would "save" nails rather than toss them in the trash!!

I told him that. He didnt hear me I guess

@@laurencerilling5873 lol

Sending prayers of healing your way, Sir...also wishing for more laughing and happy times for you and your lady 💖

God bless you and your wife Kevin. I hope you have a speedy recovery. Thank you so much for writing this and supporting the channel! 👊

@vshakir622 Thanks Bro. . . Appreciate it 👍. .

@HAXMAN 👍Keep up the Good Work. . . I GET DOWN TO FLA. 2 OR 3 TIMES A YEAR . MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK YOU UP & HAVE A BEER OR SOMETHING 👍

​@@kevinpattison5141🙏🙏🙏

I appreciate that!

I was going to ask how you prevent the posts from warping inward due to the small amount of tension the wire and lights create. We had the same set up, and after a year of midwest heat and cold, the wires were drooping considerably, and the 4x4 posts had a noticeable curve inward.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found the video useful. Good luck on you shed foundation!

I FORGOT - YOU ARE JUST DOWN RIGHT FUN -TOO!

Question. Are you local to MD?

Not all them joists are the same width. So it will work for some joists but not all of them. I find it best to put them on after it's all framed.

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