So I thought I would go ahead and wrap up my deck project that I have recently completed.
Planning
Initially we had planned on digging foundations, 9 of them in all to provide a footing for the 16 X 16 foot deck. That was a lot of work. Instead we found DeckPlans.com which uses pre-poured concrete foundations instead of digging and pouring your own. We decided to go the route of buying the pre poured foundations. Unfortunately, that meant that instead of 9 we would need to buy 32 to fit our project. In retrospect I think it was a toss up for the amount of work involved. However, it was easier to setup and being unexperienced, I think it was the way to go for the first time. My Dad also came down to help with the foundation work.
Building
Building the deck was actually fairly easy. I went ahead and purchased as much of the supplies at once as I could and had them delivered to our house as we have no truck. We were able to build fairly quickly, and within 2 days, (about 10 hours a day with 2 people and one day had 3 people) we were ready to start decking. Lindy left for a work trip the next week and I had completed all joists, and decking by the time she got back on Friday!
So there, the deck that we built in under a week is done. Sadly its time for winter here in Kansas which means we’ll have to wait till next spring to really enjoy the new deck.
Planning
Initially we had planned on digging foundations, 9 of them in all to provide a footing for the 16 X 16 foot deck. That was a lot of work. Instead we found DeckPlans.com which uses pre-poured concrete foundations instead of digging and pouring your own. We decided to go the route of buying the pre poured foundations. Unfortunately, that meant that instead of 9 we would need to buy 32 to fit our project. In retrospect I think it was a toss up for the amount of work involved. However, it was easier to setup and being unexperienced, I think it was the way to go for the first time. My Dad also came down to help with the foundation work.
Building
Building the deck was actually fairly easy. I went ahead and purchased as much of the supplies at once as I could and had them delivered to our house as we have no truck. We were able to build fairly quickly, and within 2 days, (about 10 hours a day with 2 people and one day had 3 people) we were ready to start decking. Lindy left for a work trip the next week and I had completed all joists, and decking by the time she got back on Friday!
So there, the deck that we built in under a week is done. Sadly its time for winter here in Kansas which means we’ll have to wait till next spring to really enjoy the new deck.
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