| Wow, those are some really good graphics. What did you use to do them?
There are only 1 thing that I would change. Instead of 6" 4x4s on top of the footers, I would have them come up through the floor and use them for the railing as well. Hang the 2x10s between the posts. That way you don't need a ledger board. You can come out an inch or two. That will stop water from collecting and rotting the wood. In some areas, the deck being attached to the house adds to the taxes. So that's another benefit.
That is not my design. I built a lot of decks with a carpenter who always used a ledger board but the last one I did was on my own and I had to follow an architect's drawings.
My question was, don't have have to connect it to the house for support? His answer was you can build that deck in the middle of nowhere and it will stand alone with no problems. |