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Can you make me one ?

Normally don't like music with vids but even that is satisfying!

Lovin this series, just rebuilding a deck for inlaws now. Lots of useful ideas. Love your template idea for spraying out footings!

Alrighty then, I probably wasn't listenin' when you esplained the wood species used for the finished surface. Which did you use ? I 'm leaning toward Cedar.

Alittle less talk a little more build

Great and entertaining series and top notch deck Bud! So given this was 3 years ago, you oughta do a quick one on the paver path just to finish out the build. Btw, did you ever install that pavillion? Would be coolio to see that too!

Nice job. I’m a DYI person and I built my first deck 20 years ago. It’s a green superstructure and a white cedar 5/4 top. The deck is cantilever from the home with a double 2x10 beam with a 1/2 green plywood inbetween, and an extra 2x10 wherever the 2x10 beam has a union that’s not on a concrete pier. The deck is 16’ x 48’ long, supported by 13 concrete piers (even with the ground) that are 48” deep (code was 42” deep, I’m in Chicago) and 10” in diameter with rebar. The whole deck is built with 2x10’s. It is blocked in the center. I used colored nails not Phillips head but square hole (new at the time) and also some galvanized Phillips head. Used galvanized hangers at each end (2 per each 16’ joist), with tico nails. The deck is about 19” off the ground. Finished level of the deck is 1/2” below the sliding door. Two staircases, on in middle and one the further corner. Built-in seating on both sides on the farther corner without backrests and can be seated on either side. The end closer to the center staircase has a 4’ high fence, as a safety measure around the table (fence is 16’ both ways from the corner). I ran a 1/2” black steel gas pipe for a natural gas grill, with 2 in line shut-offs (15’ from the deck on the deck, the other in the basement). Also ran power with 3 outlets in the deck. Access to connections is with removable deck boards with round holes. Two years ago I had to replace a 6 deck boards, the superstructure was like new. The deck boards sudffered the most damage where they were screwed on the ends. A professional suggested that I replace the decking with decking that goes diagonally, using on piece decking, with no splices. My old decking was 3@ 16’ , next row 8’, 16’, 16’, 8’, then 3@16’, etc. My 48’ I beam was sitting on 13 posts and was on the ground inbetween. On the ground I placed a black covering made to keep the weeds out and then about 2” of #8 washed stone. The ledger board was drilled and I used 1/2” galvanized bolts 6” long with 2 washers and a lock washer, every 16” (code). The deck was inspected twice, with no problems. Bids for this deck were a low of $6000 , mid bid was $15,000 and the high bid was $25,000. Cost was $2200, labor was free. I started the deck in March of 2004 and completed it July of 2004. I worked on the superstructure during the week and weekend. My 9 year old grandson helped with the superstructure and the planking and stairs were done in one day with my brother-in-law and 2 nephews. I used dog eared cedar planks to cover the bottom, so no skunks or other creatures could call it there home. It was a satisfying build and has lasted a long time and is still going strong!

For what it was worth, better than heaving sands! Also better to go deep in clay to countermand swelling which can exert an uplift pressure of 5500psf! Crazy! As a geologist myself, very interesting on the geothermal wells! Coulda jackhammered that rock!

Love DIY vids like this! Nice house and back yard on a clear blue sky day with birds chirping, a great fence, a greenbelt beyond, and a homeowner who gophers all his own materials, digs the footing holes, likely mixed his own concrete, uses the right lumber, waterproofs the post/joist tops, uses mondo Simpson Strong-Tie (SST) exterior hardware, wife helping out, and takes his time doing it right! Love it! Did this myself back 7 years ago and then got under our 1923 bungalow's 5-foot crawlspace and seismically retrofitted the home's foundation by replacing all the old posts with new pressure-treated posts propped up by screw jacks and attached the homes sill plate to the concrete stem walls with SST universal earthquake plates. A real sense of accomplishment beyond my using mondo seismic hardware compliant with 3rd floor seismic codes! Given the home was in San Diego and had previously gone through a 7.1 mag quake in 2017 that shook the hell outta the place, I'm surprised the home had never slid off the concrete stem walls over 100 years. Like your solid deck, that home could now go through a mag 10 quake and would likely be the only home standing in the hood. We sold it in one day for 1M in 2020 off a 320K purchase price in 2006 and the deck and seismic retrofit were two of the things that cinched the dealio.

Your ledger isn't up to code with only 1 lag in each bay

Real nice.reclaimed chestnut is great,and has its own unique smell when working it.

Did you treat the cut ends of the PT lumber? I just learned that you need to do that or it will rot, never knew, so curious if that's something you learned in 9 years since the original was built.

you did not treat the cut end on your decking boards

Remarkable work. How did you determine the height to cut the post to ensure the joists are leveled on the beam?

too much face time. not enough deck time

What size is the deck?

Man you are gifted 🙏👍

What size Deck?

Custom design wowza

Great job

Wowza

Yes

I know older video . Learned alot and learned hen i built my deck. Thanks awesome videos.

It’s “rev’d up like a deuce”.

What awesome talent you have, Corey. Respect!!

How do you correct oblong without a barrel stretcher?

Sweet!

Maybe get better engagement if you turn your camera to landscape mode for this kind of stuff.

Looks good Brother! Can’t wait to see the finished product

You can spray "Lifetime" to age the access door to match the barrel

I know it’s been about 3 years now but I have couple questions: How many bags/cubic feet per hole? Also did I miss the part were you added rebar?

Really enjoyed the deck build series. If you didn’t take a long hiatus you’d have tens of thousands of subscribers, me thinks!

Nice deck build! Love the heavy duty look. Also...did you play Jesse Custer in the TV show 'Preacher'?

This is excellent content! Great Job and Thanks!

What’s your deck size and how did you decide how far from the house to set your first post for your beam?

Holy crap, bro. You did this during COVID. The lumber prices must have been absolutely brutal.

what part of Va are you located in? i’m asking because, not only are your videos an inspiration to me, but i’d like to know a couple codes as far as the depth and circumference of your posts…im in Chesterfield, Va btw, lol

Un bon travail

Great seeing a 1 man deck build! What size ledger board did you use?

So for 30 years I thought it was “Wrapped up like douche another rumor in the night”….. which for life of me I had no idea what that meant. A few years ago I discovered it was actually “Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night” 🤯it’s his own damn fault for being extra with the word deuce.

When the Milky Way Galaxy gets sucked up by a black hole that deck will be the only thing intact

Dude where you get them lil lights

good tunes

Love the guys that say overkill no such thing ...beef up last forever.

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Satisfaction guaranteed

The satisfaction, it appears you receive, makes your projects worth watching

What type of black silicon you used?thank you

Great job brother....

Looking for the video of the finished product with the shelter on it