Some things I have learned are below:
- After framing your deck, immediately start on the decking. Otherwise pressure treated wood warps like crazy when it dries without the influence of the decking, and then you have to work hard to get stuff to line up again.
- Overbuild your deck structure. Do not come close to maxing the spans of your chosen wood because decks should not have spring at all.
- Be extremely careful when making stringers. I had to make around 28 for my stairs and inaccuracies in my stringers have made things much harder then they should have been.
- Stringers warp horribly, so get your decking on quick. (see the first gotcha)
- Galvanized pipe works great as simple foundation stakes. You can cut it with a metal cutting blade, and drill holes in it with normal bits. Then screw it right on to your wood.
There are some pictures in the More Summer 2009 flickr collection.
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