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Carriage bolts are not recommended for deck construction. Use through bolts.
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The comments about gaps are all wrong. You have to account for them being wet when installing. If they are already wet when you install you are still going to put a gap between them. when dry, you are putting a larger gap to allow for expansion. Never run them flush. Mostly you want to allow for dirt and smaller debris to be able to wash through when pressure washing.
the ripped board should go against the house
How much of a drop from the floor threshold did they go? I'm building a free standing deck also. Just worried about rain or snow getting in house.
What's the estimated cost of this project for just the material? I'm looking into building a deck of this size and would like to get a general idea what the cost associated with the material will be for lumber.
No need for polit Holes
With a free-standing deck, what would you do if you needed to replace the siding?
This does now show them leaving a air gap between each plank as if you get rain the water wont have anywhere to drain off to and rot your wood.
Just a thought but you might want to be consistent on what you are using/selling. at 1:08 you say you are using deck anchors. Good luck selling those. In the store they are called Deck tie Backs, on the website they are called Deck adapters. Good job on making me spend a half an hour on the phone with a Lowes professional who was only able to locate this item by me waiting for him to watch this video to see exactly what I wanted to buy! Luckily he was able to locate them in store after he seen the image from the video. Just like the tape you put over the beams. You don't sell grace vycor in the store. I love the fact this video was posted just a few months ago, yet one would think t was posted 10 years ago. FAIL!
what can of wood using in this project??