Decks of the year - Floating Foundation Decks

NEW

Summer 2002

Day 18 (Aug. 7th):
Today was a good, although another rather long day. We finished installing the 2x6 joists, the cross bracing and band boards. The main deck is now ready for the decking.

This view shows the cross bracing and band boards (the horizontal boards fastened to the ends of the 2x6 joists). Cutting the angles on the cross bracing needed for the 45 end of the decking took some time to figure out.

Here's a tighter view of that 45 end. The cross bracing to the left was cut to compound angle cut to fit on the back edge of that left post while the cross bracing to the right was cut to fit against the back of the right post. Just worked out that way.

The cuts on these cross braces was very straight forward.

This shot was taken across the tops of the joists to show that spacing up to the bottom of the perimeters deck's frames remains consistent, 2 inches. Once the decking is on that spacing will be reduced to 1/2 inch.

Another view of the cross bracing left with respect to the previous picture.

Cross bracing (lower boards) and bridging at the pools edge. Since we will be installing the decking on a 45 degree angle the bridging was added to support the deck boards that will extend under the perimeter deck.

This shot is on to the right of the previous picture. Bridging and cross bracing.

This view gives a better perspective of the size of the main deck.

Take a look at how much the perimeter pools deck boards have shrunk. These boards were all clamped tight to each other when installed. We expected this extent of shrinking but still found it amazing. That's what 10 days of temperature in the 90's will do to pressure treated lumber!!

Standing on top of the joists... The horizontal board in the lower right of this shot will be removed before the decking covers that area. We wanted something in there temporarily to keep our 22 inch spacing of the joists.

		This area is just screaming for decking! That starts tomorrow (I hope).

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