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Frugal 99% recycled deck
comments (0) May 18th, 2009 in Project Gallery
junkhound, member
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Overall view of 2nd floor deck
Likely not the type deck FHB had in mind for this contest. Built with the same frugality as the cabin featured in "Great Moments" of the Nov 1990 FHB issue, a guess is that the cost of this deck is the most frugal entry?
Except for the 2 PT 2x6 top rails, nails and some welding rod, a few joist hangers, plus 2 carved log posts from own land, all of this deck is free and salvaged recycled material.
A number of 8 foot PT 4x4 were salvaged from pallets used to ship 757 cowlings to a local aircraft plant, front panels were 1/2 exterior ply panels in the scrap pile of a local woodworking shop. Perhaps the best finds were 4 each 20 foot 3x14 joists, which were found as part of crates used to ship some radio antenna parts. These were treated with preservative secured from 'free piles' at garage sales or waste recycling centers, as was all the paint and polyurethane used.
The deck boards themselves were salvaged from 4 foot standard pallets gotten from the local IGA distribution center. We heated with wood from '74 till 2001, the ash pile out back likely contains a ton of nails. One out of every 4 or 5 pallets would yield one clear 4 foot 2x4.
The deck and overhanding roof is supported by custom welded steel brackets - in the 'old days', when one took an old car body to the scrap yard, you could pick stuff out of the pile which only subtracted from the weight you got paid - scrap price was "zero" some years in the 1970s. The apparent steel tubing is actually cutoff pieces from EMT hanger channel.
The front plywood panels were done by our sons (then teenagers) and depict some of their interests. If one looks close at the routed in designs on the front support 3x14, you can make out the equation sigma*b*h^2/6, used to verify support strength (detail pix).
Design or Plan used: My Own Design - Art Brockschmidt
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