One of the worst decks I’ve inspected 

bahahah thats hilarious and spot on.

Never hire "I know a guy" guys to do work on your house...not even for painting, they'll screw that up, too.

If I ever built a deck to this spec. I'd expect to be run out of town strapped to the nose of a missile.

Gd I'm a god geez ohhh and my thumb hurts

I am now officially a carpenter 🤣

I love that idea. There should be a whole home with a carefully enumerated list of issues, and the test is to find 95% of them.

Brother, this deck has problems that you couldn't find in any book.

Bruh 💀

@@vvhitevvabbit6479 There's an old saying - Make something idiot proof and they'll make a better idiot. Well... I think the guy that built this deck *is* the better idiot.

Oh it's gonna come down. Hopefully no one gets hurt.

he was hoping somebody had good insurance

That's why he had the camera rolling lol

Oh please! Those stairs are fine and not going anywhere. The build crew did a fine job.

@@jamess3532 you built it, didn’t you😂😂

Okay I admit it, it was me and I stand by my work. If I stood on my work it would collapse.@@karmyleon3111

To be fair, a lot rules are ludicrous and lots of inspectors are imbeciles. I've had firsthand experience with veritable morons who in no way should have had the position of inspector of anything but had it had because they were related to the mayor or the his father's brother's sister's cousin's former roommate. While there are good ones, they have a bad rep for a reason.

both of you make a valid point. I've been an elevator inspector for 25 years. if it's wrong, I write up a violation. some inspectors are not doing their job. some are tyrants.

To root is the nepotism and GI. General Incompetence. Book explains it all. The Peter Principle.

I am a DIYer who has done a lot of major remodeling. I always do my work with permits, and I have found that inspectors have been very helpful and have helped me correct mistakes that could have created problems down the road. Building codes are not irrational nor arbitrary. I, for one, appreciate building inspectors.

@@billnancyrussell9021 In a past life I was a partner in a small contractor business. We were wiring the house for low-voltage. Audio and video. We were working in the attic and disovered exposed live leads (I think it was 12/2) laying in the insulation, as well as well damaged sheathing exposing the wires in another location, also laying in the insulation. We got the home-owner and showed him. He shook his head and told us his brother-in-law did the work, that he'd be by later, and asked us to show him. The brother-in-law shows up, we show him, and in the most stoner way possible he laughs, scratches his head and says, "Ohhh, man. Cool. Thanks, dude." His brother-in-law was the local inspector. Lol

I was thinking the same, that was actually a nice cut they did lol

lol yup

😂

No way it came out that perfect he had to measure it 📏

Why not just put a solid piece instead of adding a taper like that?

I am horribly unhandy, but how you went about preparing for the build is how I would do it, and also go in with overkill, to make sure no one got "killed" by my not-so-handiwork.

​@@PlasmaCoolantLeakover-built is probably a better way to describe it

Overkill is better than the opposite problem, so that's good. 😂

Good job; proving it can be done especially if you have "overkill" in mind.

"its built with over kill" I really did LOL at that.

Yep 😂

I'm the same way. There is usually a moment of worry about halfway through when the unforeseen issues start popping up. I sawzalled the kitchen and bathroom floors out one and then accidentally shattered the toilet when it fell off the porch.

If ya manage to break your car while building a deck...I mean, I'm not even mad. That's impressive.

I know its not your normal content but I'd watch it lol

You really are an avid RU-vid watcher Dan, that or we have a similar algorithm, I come across you and Baker’s comments on random videos all the time. Cheers

Yea, I'm thinking "that's not that bad" then... well, it really went downhill fast! 😂

my thoughts are why are you walking around on that thing? I’m by no means a carpenter, but if I was to decide on building a deck, I’d do *tons* of research prior to cutting the first board. it’s a bit of a faux pas to invite your friends over for a party and then have many of them injured in a collapse situation.

The color makes it look pressure treated. I hear it’s bad to burn that stuff.

@coaltrain18000, What was your old man's name. Good on him for making sure you knew the right way to do it!

Stan the man🤙

@@coaltrain18000 That's awesome dude! have a great start to your day.

@@rfugythanks, you do the same!

Yeah, my amateur home repair work might turn out a little crooked, but I figure I make up for it by wasting some of the money I'm saving on higher-rated materials than any sane professional would use. Double the recommended rating for $150 instead of $100? That's a bargain!

that's funny! of course they're ain't no way that floor is gonna handle the live load of water that shit is HEAVY!

Lmao. That hot tub would drop like a hot potato

That'll work till they fill it.

Maybe the home owner can just stack some bricks somewhere in the middle for some extra support.

there you go problem with the splice has been resolved.

That's what I was thinking too 😅

Believe it or not. That's not the worst I've seen. But it ranks right up there with the worst I've seen category. I feel for the home owner and yes it should be taken down completely by the people who built it and the money returned in full. Then the person or people that built it should have to pay a real contractor to come back and build it correctly.

Yeah…I couldn’t care less if people like it, as long as it’s solid and straight and it lasts. Building a deck seems to be a big deal for a lot of the commentators. I used treated larch fence rails for mine, and put flashing above the frame members so it never gets wet, and only a tenner each for the lengths.

I feel like a lot of the shoddy work on this deck actually seemed more technically difficult than just building it the right way. Like that small board spanning two joists, or that board that seemed split in half. It just seems easier to replace a full board. You’re not saving much money patching it together, and you’re wasting a whole bunch of time and making a bad, ugly deck.

@phillipbarnes3452 @phillipbarnes3452 you would think, but don't underestimate how cheap people can be about materials and avoiding another trip to the hardware store. A friend of mine and myself have both bought project houses. Our running joke when we do some demo work and uncover previous work is "Bob/Mark wasn't handy". (The previous owners). Both were dedicated DIYiers. Both seemed to go out of their way to do a terrible job.

Sometimes you pay for the premium guy and still get ripped off.

@@ryta1203 Sometimes. The thing about the "premium guy" is, he has a warranty. I'll have his ass out come back out 4-5 times for free until it's fixed correctly 🤣🤣

@@Jedi_Luke Good luck with that, lol.

@@ryta1203 Good luck having that mentality that you never need to call anyone more experienced than you for a repair. One day you'll always need someone else whether it's to fix your car, refrigerator, washing machine, electrical outlet etc. It doesn't matter. The utility company rips you off right now as I'm typing. Grocery stores rip you off with high prices. EVERYBODY will get ripped off at some point in their lives. Thinking it will never happen to you is just silly 🤣

@@Jedi_Luke You missed my point: Just because someone is charging you more money for something doesn't mean they are better.

Did it her self

Probably not. They probably got 3 bids and couldnt believe it would cost 5,000 in labor to hire a carpenter so they hired some drug addict. And theyll complain about contractors the rest of their lives.

@@boonehoustonexactly. Tired of homeowners complaining about a terrible end product when they didn’t do their research when they chose a contractor. Guy probably wasn’t even licensed and insured. Clearly he had no idea what the hell he was doing. It’s just as much their fault as his. They probably didn’t bother to ask to see his other work.

@@boonehouston nah

I could easily build that properly in 2 days, probably less. Built at home with a more sensible choice of material, for less than 500 euro. Anyone who can’t be bothered to learn a bit of basic diy is going to be ripped off. As someone said, this might have been built by a poor carpenter with a cannabis habit.

As shoddy as it all is I bet it lasts ten years before collapsing. Except that stair connection. I give that maybe 2 years depending on usage.

​@@jesseback353610 years? Maybe in absolutely ideal conditions, not out in the weather.

not if the fat next door neighbor stops by@@jesseback3536

had to be a diversity hire doing this

@@Convolutedtubules 10 years if it never has to bear a load and the wind never gets above 20mph lol

Amen, brother. I used to build em back in the 80s/90s in Florida. I worked for a co where we took pride in our work and guaranteed it.

bro..! the goofballs didn't even go end to end with width of the house for pete sakes, smh. them star are chin stitches waiting to happen carrying groceries,, LMFAO..!

Preach! 🫡

As a carpenter of 39 years I echo your thoughts and I will add one more to it. When I was doing decks for my own customers and not for the builder, I learned very quickly to put my drafting skills to use and provide scaled drawings for the building inspector. I've never had any issues

Is it ignorance or apathy? Do people just not know how to build or they know and don't give a shit?

Yeah. When that would collapse under all that weight, they'd have probably everybody there, filing lawsuits against 'em!

I hope they survive the two foot fall 🙏

​@@afridgetoofar1818that's moore like a 4ft fall, when you're unprepared and have objects falling unpredictably with you, serious injuries can occur 🤷‍♂️

Don’t worry. I doubt that will happen twice. 😅

Dance lessons

Was thinking the same thing! They were so into salvaging what was a horrible plan, they didn't realize starting over would have probably saved more time! lol

using scraps? or f-ing up? im thinking the latter

Word!

😂😂😂😂

What prides-manship that unfortunately very few people have anymore. I was taught at an very early age how would you feel when someone comes behind you years later and says Oh my god who did this?

Reminds me of a co-worker long ago who said to me “I hate Mike Holmes. He gives people like me a bad name”. A charlatan.

​@@prmayner... I thought the same thing when I found out the floor in my kitchen was simply built ON TOP OF the old floor! 😡 The dummy just thought it'd be faster to slap another floor on the old one rather than tear it all up... now my dishwasher can't be removed and is permanently stuck under the kitchen counter. 🤦

Builder? That has homeowner written all over it.

Idk man, i build all the time and this guy is coming at this shit talking shit about spacing of shit etc, fuck off buddy. Tell him to pay for the fixes or talk to a shutgun. Looks good from my house

My dad used to say “they can sell these tools to just anybody…”

Yup, somebody buys a pickup truck and a skill saw and they're a professional builder!

@@buyamerican3191 thats why there are soo many idiots larping as carpenters, landscapers etc. the barrier of entry is definitely the lowest cost out of any work only one that might beat it as cheaper is cleaning, maybe. even then floor waxers arent cheap.

"when all you got is a hammer, all your problems look like nails"

I've seen better built tree forts. This abomination is an insult to kid carpenters,

And fast

Kids would have done a better job.

Talk about a real “Mickey mouse “ job 😂

Not all decks need to be to code. By not attaching it to the house... bye bye code

I wouldn’t feel comfortable using those stairs.

the deck board rim joist was horrendous as well....

I think the lack of support along the wall is even more egregious. You just know that's gonna rip out and that side will fall down against the house. The stairs will probably have a max of two people on them ever, but you could have a lot more people's weight in total on the deck itself.

I've seen stairs immensely worse and done by contractors, but yea, these are garbage.

​@ryans413 Same, as soon as he started climbing them I was like bold move.

Camera man never dies

I'm curious as to how the homeowners let it get so far when you clearly see the post leaning

Oh but the screws go “all the way through”🤣😂🤣

I'm guessing they added structural integrity though given the lack of a beam situated over top of those posts.

And then he climbed up them and walked around 😅

Yeah... I didn't see the issue with that until he showed that it wasn't a 2x6... 😬 That's one of those really bad issues that'd be hard to notice if you weren't paying close attention and actually looked under the board.

​@jasono2139 2x6's are for joists. When a rim joist serves the purpose of a beam as that one was doing, 6" don't cut it. Ky code called for 2 2x8's for each of the beams in my deck, I went with 3 each for durability. With tighter post spacing you can cut down to 2x6's, but code likely requires you to double up for beams, and notch them to the posts, never just bolt them.

@@Flamingtac0 ehhh... you're probably right about "code" engineering wise though. A 2x6 would likely be fine for 90% of people's uses, but the building codes assume the deck needs to last 50+ years and have a 3 ton truck parked on top of it. When you actually do the engineering calculations, you'll find that even x3 bolts and that trim board would hold a whole party of buffet goers at least once.

@@jasono2139 2x6 would be not much better at all. That should be minimum 2-2x10's nailed together, notched into (minimum) 4x6 posts.

@@TimTimTomTom it's a deck... not the main floor to a 3 story house. 🙄 Do you even have any clue how much weight a SINGLE 10' long 4x10 could hold in the middle of the span?? I'd guess that it's between 3 to 5 TONS. There's zero reason to build a deck like that to hold PEOPLE... especially once you add the floor boards on top that help distribute the load.

If it was just the decking, or even the rim joist, I think it could be salvages. The ledger board I think is what makes it a do-over. I am not even sure what it is fastened to and it needs flashing.

Nah

Antoinette balistari job

On the positive side it wouldn't take but a few hours work to take it all apart,..

I agree ive been a contractor for 35 years and have built easily over 100 decks, in my opinion a smart contractor is not going to try to "fix" this mess because once you touch it you own it. Rip it out salvage materials, if you can, and rebuild it.

What about your marriage though?

@@JohnDoe-ld8nr - Still hanging in there after 37 years John!

good job. wanna build me a deck? lol

@@justadbeer heard this joke the other day If you were my wife, I'd put poison in your coffee , If you were my husband I'd drink it 🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣 congrats on being married 37 years 👍👍 blessings to ya both

Ex got the house and still lives there today thanks to your craftsmanship. Lol

Hard to believe worse than that seeing it doesn't even have a beam carrying the joists. That would fail if one big guy stood midspan by the rail.

Ah, and the sea air. Take everything in account, and then speed up the decay rate.

When I saw just that small amount of friction affixed this abomination's ledger board to the foundation; I freaked-out, too. I would have RED TAGGED several immediate causes for FAILING inspection. Actually, ... I would have decorated that deck with RED TAGS ... Staple gunned ... atop each other ... with LOTS of staples. A quarter of a mile of YELLOW CAUTION tape. Some more Staples. Oh, geeze. I gotta run-back to the office for a minute. I'm outta staples!!!

Maybe it was done so flimsy so anyone can lift it up ...

Yeah, those looked like construction screws to me. Even if they put a ton of those in they shear really easily. Yet it looked like they used maybe four or five to hold the entire deck up? I wouldn't go under there.

I've said this before: "I'm not an engineer; I'm an overengineer!"

​@@TomPVideo So you're a German engineer?

I mean that's pretty fair I think. If you aren't an expert who built a hundred already then overdoing it seems the safer approach.

When in doubt, build it stout. Or, if two screws work, fifty will work better.

"Stepbrothers" bunk beds 😂

Bought a house with a flagstone foundation and hewn-log floor joists. The subfloor had an eight-inch sag in the middle.

"Make the deck look original to the house."

Are those “Jesus Bolts”holding the deck to the foundation? Operate solely on faith?

Consistent with that crap house

It is crap, but who cares? It would collapse under the weight and everyone would fall a few feet. Oooh, scary.

Yup, nothing holding it up except the concrete and those will soon rot off

@@ohsweetmystery You rode the short bus to school didn't you??? Tool

Someone could get hurt walking up those steps if they fall, particularly small children or elderly.

Im inviting the whole biden clan to bring their decency and come party on this deck

I'm the same way and check on my favorite Russian contortionist channels to remain very sharp

Yes, that's like sending the new car tech helper for a can of compression!

LOL now that's funny, as a mechanic by trade who ran a one man show for 30 years we used to tell the noobs change out that muffler bearing.

Every time I cut a board too short a guy I worked with would always say "Piss on it, it will swell up" then it was said about anything that was wrong with something. "The wind blew over our trusses last night" Mike: PISS ON IT! He'd always manage to sneak that into a serious situation that would make everybody laugh.

After cutting a 1x6 too short, my shop teacher had me go next door to the other shop class and ask the instructor for that class if I could have the "board widener". I did as instructed and the teacher of the other class pointed out a 200lbs anvil on the floor. He had a couple of guys from the class help me put it on a dolly. All of them had a smirk on their faces as I wheeled this thing next door. We had a storage area that was above the shop's "office" and drafting room.... My teacher told me to lay the board on the floor and take the anvil up the stairs and drop it on the board to "widen" it. I was 13 years old, in the 8th grade. Along with some laughter and the stupid look on my face, he then explained the "measure as many times as necessary and cut only once" rule. That was a lesson I had to learn only one time. I made some errors over the years doing some woodwork...but that is one I never made again... The problem with this deck is an overall lack of respect for the trades, tradesmen and the fact that carpentry/woodwork is a craft and skill and even when done only on the weekends or as a hobby, one should exercise respect for it as well as other trades. Trade Schools are a necessary part of any society... One of the dumbest things ever was removing funding for trade and shop classes in public schools. They are an invaluable part of a boy's upbringing (yeah...and any girls who are interested too). It's a damned shame. sidenote: the anvil remained in our class until the following semester when another "new-to-wood-shop" student made a similar error. The two wood shop instructors used that anvil as a "teaching tool" for many years.

@@monicadaniels784 or the muffler shop need to order a new Fallopian tube.

I'm guessing whoever built this deck must have peaked at 12...

Did you recover from the collapsed deck incident? Hope you're OK.

I was looking at a house to buy. I liked it and I was thinking of putting in an offer. Was talking with my real estate agent about it while standing on the back deck when the deck board gave way and I fell through. I didn't put in an offer on that one after all! Who knows what the maintenance on the rest of the house was like?

Did that deck have a permit? If yes, and it passed town inspection, you might have a claim against them.

@@juzoli Good luck with that.. I had a house in NY that "passed inspection" and the deck was held in with 3 nails. I tore it down and rebuilt it, went to sell the house and the town made me spend 2500 to get an engineering firm to sign off on the structure I put up and pay for permit fees.. Permits are just money grabs as many contractors grease the locals to let them build like shit...

@@FJB2020 Did you even try to start a lawsuit?

LOL. I saw a guy who dragged a kitchen counter and a faucet OUTSIDE, uncovered, in CHICAGO and his source was a garden hose! And he was PROUD OF THIS. It wasn't made to go outside.

That was spot on !! Lol!!

Those are two different cousins, and they are not relations.

If the electrition had the same trade skills as the deck builder it wouldn't be a problem as the house would have done burnt down.

Where I live (Australia) decks that aren't connected to the house don't have to have a building permit or inspection. I found that out when the deck started sinking on a house that was only 3 years old that I'd bought. It was sinking because the builders had put a 4kL rainwater tank on the top of the deck instead of next to it. My first job was to get the tank off the deck. Second job was to jack up the deck again.

I haven't attach a deck to a building in 30 years and I don't build them up tight to a door threshold anymore. I tore out a deck that was 10 years old, attached to the house, and rotted out the rim joist and sheeting on the house the worse part was it had flashing but was poorly done.

Code in my state dictates that a deck with any more than two steps has to be attached.

If I paid good money I'd get them to tear it down and start again, if someone did it to help me out cheap or whatever I'd just fix it and make it safe.

Yeah, I think the only one I would have noticed had i been there in person would have been the crooked, wobbly railing.

please keep watching them then, people who build things this badly need to be prevented from building anything else in the future, this is the sort of thing that gets people hurt. that "deck" was built about as well as 8 year kids scrap wood tree fort.

I wouldn't build your own then. Just some friendly advice.

One of those things you don't pay attention too until you faceplant the deck boards because you happened to be the last one to use the steps before they gave up the ghost.

Exactly it’s fine. What gone happen fall from 2 feet…

I was most shocked when he used the stairs...

If they can't get it torn down at the least it needs to be secured properly to the house with larger bolts, the stairs need to be secured properly to the deck, the front board needs replacing with something thicker, larger bolts to hold it to the posts (can get away without notching), and the short deck floorboards replaced. It'll still be built a bit rough but it'll be safe then. After a few years everything doesn't look great anyway, I've done stuff perfectly and in a few years the wood warps and moves anyway

There also weren't enough screws in the joist holders, I'd finish those off too with the correct type

Or just have a 'one at a time' rule. Only one person at a time on the deck, no furniture, no lingering. Just pass over it. One at a time. Don't paint it either, it probably can't take the weight of the stain/paint!

Agreed. Even roof trusses and engineered floor trusses are garbage compared to only 5 years ago. At least in my area the building inspectors are powerless as long as these trusses carry the stamp. In one case I had to go back after the inspection and reinforce the floor joists. It is getting ridiculous.

Plus most cedar nowadays is heart wood, which doesn't have much rot resistance

Agree. Buy 20 deck boards, and probably about 5 of them are absolute crap - severely warped with holes where the knots have fallen out.

yep, i had to replace the ramp on our deck, and it took a visit to multiple yards to get decent lumber for that small project. nearly every decking board was warped, knotted or cracked. we went through hundreds at my local lumber store before finding the the 16 i needed for my build. crazy

@@charliewatts6895you definitely have to buy about 1/4 or 1/3 extra if buying for delivery. When I go to a big box for lumber I swear I spend 1.5 hours tearing through the boards trying to find the usable ones for something that should take 15 minutes.

I work with stage set builders. They do WAY better work than this.

@@chazp3496 Haha, yeah this deck doesn’t even look like it’s safe to stand on. What kills me is they must have spent a small fortune on the cedar boards, but whoever did it didn’t even bother to watch a few RU-vids on deck building or buy a how-to book. There’s so much good info out there, but I guess some people just want to slap things together.

@@thedeergarden3964it would have been a real crime if they wasted cedar, still pressure treated ain’t that cheap anymore

Some workmen can do the same job every day and it's always for the first time.

Usually the way of it, yeah. My old man often said when doing a project, pick two of these three... I. Quick. II. Cheap. III. Quality. Pick any two, understanding you can't ever have all three. Clearly this home owner went with the first two.

The home owner was probably some old lady who complained about how many fasteners they were going to use and insisted on not having any scraps left over. I've run into this quite a bit and you can't ration with clients of this mind set. They think you're wasting their money if they see a two foot piece of scrap lumber in a pile. Then when the job is completed they don't want to pay because they think you wasted their money.

I bet the homeowner did this themselves

@@baldmanariz Quite likely. I am reminded here of the old courtroom saying that he who acts as his own lawyer has a fool for a client. I feel this could also be applied to other specialized fields as well.

@@jamess3532 James, are you by chance the builder?

Maybe their marriage is as stable as the deck.

This got me rolling 😂

in a way you're right. personally, i have decks built that are 40 years old now. and still solid. i've been called in to restore historic homes too. talk about needing perfection. during my career, i actually ended up having to fire more so called 'carpenters' than i could, and did put into business for themselves. what happened? how did people become so lazy and careless over their work? i'm retired now, but if i split, dry and mill a log to make a jewelry box out of, i make it to last generations. 4 or 5 hundred years i want out of what i do. something did change though. i ask, what happened? greed? laziness? no care? self importance? arrogance? all seem to apply to shoddy work. why don't people even bother to care about doing quality work? something caused this. what though??

@@garycarpenter2932 That is a much larger question than we can address in social media. The current crop of contractors is a product of the generation. There is a noticeable difference from how things are now versus 20-30 years ago. I think it has a lot to do with laziness, entitlement, and simply looking for the easy dollar. I think if the state got involved like they do in many other industries, and regulated it, then we would see improvement in quality. Good government is good for some things.

I agree 💯

Iv'e been in construction all of my life and at 6o years of age I have never seen a deck built this piss poor by any licensed contractor. But I have seen some that could have been done better its hard to find anyone who cares about their craftsmanship anymore. Sad!

@@ricknelson4793 I've seen worse plus looks good from My neighbor hood

He have all the Time Life books. Too?

More like "Done by a Meth Head"

The labor to tear it, and labor to do the new one will cost at least 2k. This is after keeping a lot of the old wood. Most cheap homeowners will just keep it and use it, since its not too high up. If its on the second floor, then its dangerous so its better to tear it and start over.

How much you pay for the new guy? Lol

Library has all the Time Life books. Lots of good stuff in. There.

Lowes "construction" people were waiters last week. I cannot believe people think these associates at the big box stores have a skillset like that but choose to walk around Lowes.

If people at Lowes had the skills set they wouldn't be working at Lowes.

Trying to get free professional instruction - don't blame them. Stores don't send employees out building houses for training. They can give product information- what it can and can't do.Fair for 17/hour or whatever they pay. The deck builders are out building decks for good money!

Could have been homeowner DIY also "honey, I'll put up a new deck and we'll get more $$ for the house"

It's one thing if you are learning, but another if you are charging for your service.

@@paddyb456 Sure, I did.

@@paddyb456 your mother serviced my johnson pretty terribly, but I still paid her $5

you are probably right, just wondering why the inspection

​@@mercetajsprobably home is being sold

Someone’s gonna get hurt is what’s gonna happen

Luckily it's not very high, but still....

So you made no money because there was so much work needed .

that right there is a 2-3 case deck job

The only person in 3rd grade with their own car and a driver's license. Longest 4 years of their life

You're good! The world needs more people like you building than FOB jobs!

They hired someone to build that hot mess

Right??? I figure if the deck sees light use, it could potentially last numerous years. However, if the deck saw a lot of traffic, or a lot of people/weight at once, it may turn into a dangerous situation with little-to-no warning.

Hey Amigo, How much to build me a deck (or dock) ?? People may like the Amigo price at first, but things get REAL expensive when they have to be done two or three times!! Only in Florida...

Same Here! Mystery Achievement!😆😆😆

Glad it came out well. If others, like you did, would take the time to watch videos, read, and talk to the pros about any projects they're about to embark on as DIY, things will turn out good at the end.

Yeah. It's actually not hard to do it right if you do a little research 😂

My dad wasn't a carpenter, but he build decks and stairs and everything way before the internet made things easy, and still managed to have things to code using proper spacing, thickness, etc... Not to mention with common sense having proper fasteners and everything structurally supported. What's the scariest about this deck is that from a distance or the eyes of someone who's not observant, it doesn't look sketchy or like a redneck backwoods project so you won't even expect to fall through the stairs or small boards or slide through the railing after it rains a few times.

With some built in treats for the beloved mom in law🤣

Don't capitalize "mother-in-law."

@@mikegarippo7815 But it seems so much more Horrifying with Capital letters. 😲

Hoping that they are named in the Mother-In-Law's will ? And setting out to hasten her demise along with half of the rest of the family at their first barbeque?