The Nicest Floating Deck I have EVER BUILT! 

the neighbors probably absolutely love you right now considering this house was sitting abandoned for however long and now you've come along and bought the house and you're now giving it repairs and upgrades that were needed meaning you're helping the neighbors property value go up

The neighbor across the street has so many WRXs.

The ends should be completely supported. Also you should have added moisture tape on the joists and between the foundation and deck to make the deck last longer. Pressure treated will still rot due to moisture, it just takes longer

A comment for everyone wanting to do this... Before you start digging those footers make sure you know where your water and sewer lines go so you don't hit them.

I would’ve taken out all the old sidewalks as well and recentered them according to the new patio.

For the outside they make solid instead of grooved that way you don’t look at the groove from the board from the front

As an avid DIYER myself, I can appreciate the hard work you've put into this project. I think it looks great and very inspiring!

you can fix a padded bar to the left side of your Ryobi Post Hole digger brother, that way when it grabs and tries to tear your arms off, the padded bar will simply push in your hips/legs and help prevent that auger torque from trying to hurt you..

We used to do this in landscaping next time try using a sod cutter Then you can roll it up somewhat neatly and put it in the bucket

I don't think you need any built in seating in front of the home, but when you asked about it in the video, it has no over hang or roof. The best part of a front porch is watching life go by while you sit under the overhang and its raining out or early morning and you're getting started for the day.

So does rain from your front deck drain into the crawlspace????

Take off the last layer on deck and put wire mesh on dig down 6-8 inches and bury it, then put wood back on so no animals go under the deck.

Taking out that old grass might have been easier with a sod cutter.

Anyone else loved seeing all the Subaru WRX in the back ???

Making the post black would make them pop more. More modern

It looks amazing!! Great job!

Beam should’ve been placed on top of the post to support the vertical deck load.

some tall planter boxes around the left side of the deck from the house to the walkway would look really nice. Id also seal the bottom of the decorative posts and put a cap on the top and bottom of each to tie it in and protect them more

Wait. So water is going to go through the deck to the inside of the house footings?

Cool project! This is the exact type of deck I am considering for my backyard, so this video is very helpful in understanding the cost, time commitment, etc.

incredible difference!!

I would love to see the basement with the hvac situation, plumbing, etc!

Looks great! Well done!

I absolutely love this series I'm thinking of redoing our fence by myself and after watching your videos and whatnot I kind of have the courage to do that can't be that hard.. 😊

Looks so much better!

Remember peeps 811 dig before digging deep. Even when you are pretty darn sure you won't hit anything, otherwise anything you hit is 100% your fault. Where as, if you have it marked by the utility and they missed it you may have some recourse. They will probably still blame you saying you went an inch deeper than they thought but it doesn't hurt to have a paper trail.

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Why didn’t you use a tiller? Genuine question! I’m about to do the same thing to my yard and i rented a big tiller instead

Are you worried about your structural floor joists being exposed to water now? Since you opened up the floor next to the door, you now have an area for water to get under your house on the inside of the footers.

Hello from Australia recently found your channel and just thought I'd tell you I've now binge watched all of your available content , keep up the great work

House is looking good

So how does that entryway flooring work? it's just open to the crawlspace. so it's a huge cold bridge to the inside, and the rain can just fall into the crawlspace? seems crazy to me.

Looks real good.

Love what you have done.

Another awesome build.

It appears your neighbor has a thing for wrxs 😂

I would consider painting the brick on the roof white, and then the 2 new pillars black to better match what you’ve done to the rest of the house already

Get an aguer I agree but I got old reliable manual hole digger 😅 26:52 I maybe the odd one here but something about staining a Deck sounds relaxing 🤔

It is fascinating to see how he wings it with these projects. I would not be able to survive that and would definitely need to plan much more.

Bro, this build is so good!

why would you not just get a load of top soil vs destroying the lawn, the drainage will for sure just pool water there

Great job

I see you put the footers in below the frost line, but did you take all the concrete path up under or touching the deck that will heave and bend your deck

Wrap around little fenced in are would be nice for pets

Nice work. I'm still not convinced you need to remove all the grass though

Good call on no seating area

Looks good

Here are a few synonyms for grandness. brilliance, grandeur, magnificence, splendor, splendor. You could the brilliance of the walkway leads to the magnificence of the interior.

Friendly neighbors are a great asset!!! I think rap around seating would’ve been perfect in this instance because of the size, it could’ve added value because buyers wouldn’t need to buy seating which is exactly what they’ll do. I just think it would’ve added more character, given you more views plus you’ve always wanted to build one and why the hell not?! Anyways I enjoyed this one regardless if you added the seating or not, perhaps you can look into a decent planter or something to add life to the house out front. Lean into the age of the house, 50’ - 70’s had great architecture and style with the mid century designs and it’d be neat to see rather than modern or farm house

This was one of the better done things that you've done with this project. So W for that. Still, you need to finish out that basement and turn it into a finished one with a full bathroom that has a tub.

I would be concerned about rain pooling up in between those joists going right over the sidewalk. It doesn't look the joists will allow water to drain well.

If you would have set the joists at 16" on center, you wouldn't have to put criples in the joists

This guy is like" Tim Taylor" in real life.

I heard that if you touch wood with concrete, the wood absorbes the water moisture and rots wood?

I bet these comments are just full of heavy machine operators yelling at you. You're a real one for just trying and learning as you go.

Love your videos

holy subaru collection at the neighbors!

What about creating a weed barrier under the deck?

Real question: Do you need flashing between the deck board and the concrete foundation? My inspector told me we'd have to rip our entire deck out and rebuild it bc it didn't have flashing, and I know nothing about decking 😅 - but you didn't use any. If anyone reading this knows, I'd love some input!! 🙏

Hello Mr build it twice here on this episode you will watch me tear down this beautiful deck I built because I forgot or didn't know I needed to put a weed barrier underneath and now the weeds have been going through all the spaces.

Only critique would be to miter the Cedar around the post to make them look like true Cedar 5x5s. Other than that it looks amazing!

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I was always told that it needed to be on 12” centers for the decking boards per manufacturer with warranty?

Looks awesome, did you consider putting a weed barrier under the decking?

I personally think the support beams you put in upto the roof should be black to to tie in with the shutters n the roof edging, but looking fantastic, n hi from the UK x

Just wondering if the riser height in the front walkway to the deck is too steep? It may fail inspection

This guy doesn't think much before he acts does he? 😂

You mentioned the house is done. Are you buying another fixer upper?? I love your vids!

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The type of soil coming up with that auger makes me absolutely SICK. I can't dig down more than 3" here in my NC clay without hitting a rock the size of a volleyball.

Is the floor joist underneath the decking pressure treated wood? There is no flashing on top of the floor joists.

On the right side of the entrance. Did the boards have any support or did you add that off camera. Cause it looked like they were just floating

Sod cutter would have been a lot easier to remove the top layer

Would it have been easier to spray weed killer first?

Why didn't you put the sealing tape on all the tops of the boards? Even with pressure treated wood its still a good idea

Wow ❤

The inspector is going to want to measure the depth of your footings. Unless your locality doesn't permit decks that are that low to the ground.

i think if you make the supporting posts bigger, or have a bigger coverage it would look better

Probably a dumb question, for the decking boards would a spiral pattern for laying the boards be feasible?

i'm the only one eho noted the 3, yeah, THREE, Subaru on the neighbourg's garden?

Trex requires 12” on center…

Trex makes fascia boards which would look way better than 2 deck planks…also an edge board so don’t have to look at the slot around the edge of deck.

I thought trex boards needed support closer than 16 on center. ???

Just curious bc I know nothing about decking. But do you not need cross-bracing between the supports?

If it not to late it could be used for storage/gardening/ snow gear sled !?

are you going to post a cost breakdown for this video?

2 rounds of glyphosate (RoundUp) spray in a sponsored Ryobi 4 gallon backpack sprayer would have saved a lot of work getting rid of the weeds. Just seed or sod over the top once its brown and crispy (2-3 weeks) and you're good to go without spending an entire day on a skid steer making a mess and having to totally re-level the lawn again.

What's the plan after you renovate it?

You need it to use square edge board for your picture frame just so you don't see the groove around

Wouldn’t sod cutter be easier?

Posts not supporting the load, sheer strength of his screws? Butyl tape on top of your joists? 🤷‍♂️

When is your book "Home Improvements for Dummies" coming out??

Why do the door and the window that took forever to fill in have such obviously wider trim?

“floating” attached to the house deck

If he's just removing sod, he should have rented a sod-cutter first. It'd cut 2-3 inches of the top of the soil, then he could roll it up by hand and place it inskidsteer bucket, or maybe use the skidsteer to pick up the separated sod.

I enjoy watching your videos, but with this one, I feel like you could of created a much better curb appeal with hardscaping the front with landscape rock/pavers instead of a deck.

Didn’t get the full non splined trex for the outside perimeter. Can always swap it at least.

That front yard is going to be so uneven after the mini tractor. Yikes

whoever ends up buying this house will have a well documented series of how their house is built. Makes it easier for future weekend projects(the wife will come up with)

Hi. Why didn`t you clean up under the deck? Roots, twigs, dirt, all over the place. U do a decent job, but why would you leave all those big roots and twigs and dirt under the new deck?