Decks of the year - Floating Foundation Decks

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Summer 2002

Day 16 (Aug. 1st):
Heat and availability of an extra set of hands delayed return to the project until today, although the temperature was 95 degrees, I did have someone available.

Our goal for the day was to establish Dek-Block positions relative to he pool's perimeter deck and to cut and set as many leveling posts as we could.

As advised by Deckman (the handle used by those at Dek-Block that answer web based questions), we established the position of the first Dek-Block off one corner of the interfacing decks. We then final set the four longest rows that consisted of five blocks.

All of the 2x6's seen in these photos are temporarily attached to assist in confirming that this section is squared up and to give a level line for the cutting of the 4x4's.

In the photo on the left, the distance from the top of the temporary 2x6 to the bottom of the pool perimeter frame 2x6 is 8 inches (5-1/2" for the 2x6 that will be top mounted to the 4x4's, 1-1/2" for the surface decking and 1/2" for movement).

Two more shots from different angles.

		Next day's efforts will be to finish cutting the 4x4's within this initial rectangle. Then we'll jump off this rectangle and complete the remaining leveling posts.

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