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Building a NEW Deck for our Teacher! Part 1 of 3

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19 Replies to “Building a NEW Deck for our Teacher! Part 1 of 3”

  3. side walls not thick enough to hold plugs and doesn't have the strength of the belts holding it together , like in the treads

  4. Very interesting to see what mistakes that were made/problems that occurred and to see how you will solve them!

  10. This video brings up so many questions in my mind! The first being: Given that a ground digging rodent (gopher/woodchuck?) was discovered to have dug out extensively under the screen porch slab, what's to stop that from happening again? Did you measure the level of the slab of check it from obvious cracks due to underground subsidence from rodent tunneling and excavations? And which you did do your best to infill the rodent tunnel entrances under the slab and compact them as best you could, I kinda doubt it'll stop a determined rodent from either exiting the tunnels under the slab (if they got trapped in there) or digging the entrances up again. But this kinda leads into my second question: If the ground under the slab is compromised because of soil subsidence due to rodent intrusion, and you are planning to bolt your deck ledger to the slab, what's to keep the new deck level over time if the slab it's attached to subsides? I'm certain your new footings and beam at the creek side of the deck will maintain level for decades, but if the deck ledger at the slab subsides, then there will be all new problems for both the new deck, the existing slab, and the screen porch built on the slab. Lastly, here in the west, even pressure treated lumber is required to have 8" of clearance from finish grade and it doesn't look like you are going to have that at the slab end of the deck. Do you plan to use lumber treated for use at or below grade, or do the codes in your area not require as much clearance from finish grade? Love your videos, just really curious about the differences in how you build things vs how we build things.

  11. Those gutter drains need to be piped down closer to the river’s edge to prevent bank erosion. Not sure about the regulations on house runoff like that, but regulation or not, the water is going in the creek.

  12. Yo Erik I noticed in your joist calc you had 40 psf live load but thought I would point out that deck live load should be 1.5*Live load of area served. So in most cases for residential it should be 60 psf. Keep up the great work!????????????????

  13. i'll tell ya hwat, y'all see me out there fightin a bear y'all better gon help the bear!!

  15. What an incredible backyard. I could imagine sitting on that deck with a cigar watching the river.

  16. Thanks for the tip to check out Mike Holmes. He is a great guy sorting out all these issues homebuyers find that the building inspectors missed. He sure does it right!

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