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STANDARD PRESSURE-TREATED DECK WITH EXTRAS

THIS IS A START-TO-FINISH SLIDESHOW OF A TYPICAL DECK BUILD. FROM RAGS TO RICHES. FROM A BROKEN-DOWN MELTING DECK WITH NO SUPPORTING STRUCTURE…..TO A PROPERLY BUILT REPLACEMENT. BUILT TO CODE. THIS IS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IN IMAGES, FOR THE MOST PART. THIS DECK HAS SOME BELLS AND WHISTLES SO TO SPEAK. IT HAS RAILING, STAIRS, SKIRTING, LIGHTING, GATE FOR ACCESS TO BELOW DECK AND A PRIVACY SCREEN ON THE DECK. IT ALSO HAS A 15 FOOT PRIVACY FENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PATIO.  IT’S A STANDARD PROGRESSION OF A DECK BUILD IN IMAGES. INCLUDING REMOVAL AND HOLE-DIGGING AND FINAL CONSTRUCTION.

THIS IS A FLOATING DECK DETACHED FROM HOUSE WITH NO FOOTINGS

THIS IS A FLOATING DECK. CUSTOMER DID NOT WANT IT ATTACHED TO HOUSE FOR EASY REMOVAL IF NEED BE, FOR HOUSE RE-SALE FACTORS. THIS DECK INCLUDED A STEP, AND TRIM AND JUST A NICE CLEAN LOOK. FOR REMOVABLE REASONS, NO FOOTINGS WERE DUG AND INSTALLED, BUT INSTEAD CUSTOMER OPTED FOR DECK POST BLOCKS. DECK BLOCKS ARE INSTALLED LEVEL AND PERFECT NONETHELESS. DECK BLOCKS ARE MORE VULNERABLE TO HEAVING IN THE WINTER WITH FREEZING GROUND. THE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE HOUSE THAT THE DECK BLOCKS ARE, THE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE THAT THEY ARE TO HEAVING WITH THE FREEZING GROUND. THIS TWISTS THE DECK IN EXTREME SITUATIONS. WHICH IS WHY DECK FOOTINGS ARE ALWAYS THE BEST OPTION FOR A DECK, MINIMUM.

COMPOSITE DECK WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES

THIS IS A VERY HIGH END MULTI-TIERED COMPOSITE DECK. WITH GLASS PRIVACY SCREEN, WITH 2 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS INCLUDING TWO PLATFORMS. AND THE DECK ITSELF IS TWO-TIERED AS WELL. IT HAS ETP RAILING WHICH IS PRE-MEASURED AND PRE-FABRICATED AND MADE TO ORDER. WE ALSO ENCLOSED THE SPACE BELOW THE STAIRS FOR STORAGE OF LAWN MOWERS AND SNOW BLOWERS ETC. (WITH SIDING – ONE TIME ONLY) BELOW THE 14’ HIGH DECK, AND BESIDE THE POOL, WE INSTALLED CLADDING AROUND POSTS WITH LEDGES. CLEAN LOOKING.

ALL SORTS OF PROJECTS

ALL SORTS OF PROJECTS COME MY WAY. AND IT’S ALL BASICALLY THE SAME THING. WHAT MATERIAL. HOW TO MAKE IT STRUCTURALLY SOUND. GET APPROVAL FROM THE AUTHORITIES BY REQUESTING LOCATES. DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT.  PROJECTS SUCH AS PERGOLAS, FOOTBRIDGES, STAIR ADDITIONS TO EXISTING DECKS, UNDER-DECKING, SMALL DECKS, FLOATING DECKS, FENCES, GATES AND DOUBLE-GATES ETC.

STANDARD LOW PT DECK, NO RAILING, 2 SETS OF STAIRS AND A CUSTOM 5 INCH HIGH PLATFORM

THIS IS A STANDARD PRESSURE TREATED LOW-HEIGHT DECK BUILD. CUSTOMER PURCHASED HOME AND HAD AN OBVIOUSLY FAILING DECK. THEY NEEDED THE SAME THING REPLACED, BUT ONE THAT IS STRUCTURALLY SOUND AND THAT WILL LAST THE TEST OF TIME. VERY STRAIGHT FORWARD. IT’S A START-TO-FINISH SLIDESHOW. STAIRS WERE PREVIOUSLY SITTING ON SOIL, WHICH ROTTED THEM. NOW TO CODE THE STAIRS FALL ON PATIO SLABS AND HAVE LIMESTONE SCREENING BELOW, FOR WATER DRAINAGE. BELOW THE OLD DECK WAS A STRUCTURE THAT WOULD’VE FAILED AN INSPECTION 30 YEARS AGO. NOW BROUGHT UP TO DATE, AND CUSTOMERS WERE HAPPY. JUST THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

STANDARD PRESSURE-TREATED FULL PRIVACY FENCE BUILD

THESE CUSTOMERS HIRED ME TO BUILD A FENCE FOR TWO SIDES OF THEIR BACKYARD, PRESSURE-TREATED LUMBER, FULL PRIVACY. STRAIGHT FORWARD. THESE CUSTOMERS ALSO WANTED A GATE ATTACHING TO FROM SIDE OF HOUSE TO SIDE FENCE. I SAID OK. HALF WAY THROUGH THE PROJECT THEY APPROACHED ME AND ASKED IF WE COULD DO THE THIRD SIDE OF THE BACKYARD AS WELL. BUT THEY HAD SOME TIME CONSTRAINT STIPULATIONS. THERE WAS NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.  THESE ARE SOME PICS FROM THAT PROJECT. ALL WENT SMOOTH.

DOUBLE GATE WITH CIRCUMSTANCES BUILD

CUSTOMER WANTED ME TO BUILD A DOUBLE-GATE, TO CODE, POOL COMING IN THE FUTURE. I SAID OK. I COULD NOT ATTACH TO EXISTING FENCE, AS EXISTING FENCE WAS A CHAIN LINK FENCE. COULD NOT DIG DIRECTLY BESIDE/BELOW EXISTING FENCE FOR A NEW POST HOLE, DUE TO GROUND INTERFERENCE.  I DUG A POST HOLE BESIDE THE FENCE, AS CLOSE AS I COULD. AS DEEP AND WIDE AS NEEDED. BUILT THE DOUBLE GATE. SUPPORTED IT WITH A CROSS BEAM 2X6 FROM HOUSE WALL TO TOP OF POST FOR EXTRA STRUCTURAL STABILITY AGAINST LEANING. BUILT A SMALL EXTENSION BETWEEN POST AND FENCE. THIS IS TO PREVENT LARGER ANIMALS OR HUMANS FROM PASSING THROUGH. THIS SMALL EXTENSION WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH 3” SCREWS AND MANY 3” GALVANIZED NAILS, AND WAS ROCK SOLID. GATE HANDLE/HARDWARE ETC. AS WELL A VERTICALLY-SLIDING PEG STOP, FOR PREVENTING SWINGING GATE FROM SWINGING OPEN. (CUSTOMER ALSO HAD ME DO FENCE RENOVATIONS ON THIS JOB AS WELL.)