Building a low-ground deck on top of a raised section of my yard. I'm trying to figure out how to do the joists properly to follow the terrain. I've attached my sketch and I'd love any feedback or advice on what I've done wrong or could do better.
Basically I need the left side of the deck to follow the curve in the terrain. I plan on staggering the horizontal joists and then having the deck boards very slightly overhand before cutting them with a skill saw to make the curve. I'm thinking about adding blocking for sections longer than 7 feet to provide additional support. Are there potential issues that ya'll can see with this plan that I need to be aware of of redesign for? The joists are planning on being 2x8's and sitting either on prepared ground or some kind of deck block. The deck top will be PT 5/4 deck boards. I will need to figure out some kind of railing but I'm not that far yet TBH. Let me have it! Total noob here and my YouTube and Google skills have brought me this far. submitted by /u/Such-Bed-4468 [link] [comments]
| | Basically I need the left side of the deck to follow the curve in the terrain. I plan on staggering the horizontal joists and then having the deck boards very slightly overhand before cutting them with a skill saw to make the curve. I'm thinking about adding blocking for sections longer than 7 feet to provide additional support. Are there potential issues that ya'll can see with this plan that I need to be aware of of redesign for? The joists are planning on being 2x8's and sitting either on prepared ground or some kind of deck block. The deck top will be PT 5/4 deck boards. I will need to figure out some kind of railing but I'm not that far yet TBH. Let me have it! Total noob here and my YouTube and Google skills have brought me this far. [link] [comments] |
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