| Thanks, Craig. I suppose this means the beam must be flush with the ends of the joists (i.e. no cantilever).
I had planned for a bottom rail in any case.
Also, you do lose a bit of deck real estate (it's a small deck). Do you notch the posts for a (sandwiched) beam? Beam-on-post just seems so much more structurally sound to me.
In the "post through the deck" method, what about foundation-less posts? Do you just build a little box for them inside the outside joist and bolt them on? That would certainly simplify the corner posts (which wouldn't need a special corner notching and angle backing). |