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Deck with view
Custom designed TimberTech decking and railing complete with a roof and a nice view.
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UnderDeck Storage Shed
What better way to save space in your back yard than to build your shed under your second story deck?
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Custom Fiberon Deck
Custom Designed Deck with Fiberon Decking, TimberTech Railing complete with a privacy wall, patio and Grill Alcove.
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Brick Deck Railing
This is a deck with TimberTech Decking and a custom railing with brick masonary columns and LED lighting.
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Backyard Retreat
Here is a custom deck complete with lighting and a patio for the perfect backyard retreat.
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Custom Deck with Steel Framing
Instead of framing this deck with typical pressure treated lumber, we used Trex's Elevations steel framing. The decking is Trex Transcend in Treehouse and the railing is a custom Fortress Iron rail.
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Custom Deck
This is a TimberTech Deck with a custom Gazebo, brick columns, underdeck storage area, and it even has a planter bench on it for planting seasonal flowers.
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Porch and Deck Combo with Fireplace and Patio in Johns Creek Georgia
This project involved a porch room with a tile floor, firplace, open deck with separate grill area and walkway to driveway, staircase and a finished area and patio below the deck and porch area
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Video-Series Preview: How to Build Deck and Shed Foundations
3 commentsLearn reliable, time-saving techniques for getting your deck or shed project on level, solid ground in these free video episodes on building pier and block foundations
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Mounting Deck Ledgers to Floor Trusses
You can't just bolt or screw a deck ledger to open web floor trusses. Follow either the fabricator's detail or one from the SBCA.
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Mounting Deck Ledgers to Engineered Floor Systems
The 2012 IRC ledger attachment schedule only works on house rim joists made of solid-sawn lumber or Douglas fir laminated veneer lumber (LVL). You can’t follow it when mounting deck ledgers to rim joists made of engineered wood products. Instead we have to look to other resources to ensure these connections are made safely.
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Freestanding Decks Solve Ledger Attachment Challenges
Decks were not in the plans when many homes were built, so the framing was not designed to permit easy deck ledger attachment. Many homes framed with wood I-joists and floor trusses, for example...
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Boat House Reno/ rebuild
This is an open concept Boat port. With plenty of storage areas for water toys and life jackets as well as shore side fuel storage. The douglas fir cribing is a re-enforcement of the original...
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A New Roof is an Opportunity to Add More Insulation
A homeowner in Baltimore needs to replace the built-up asphalt roof on his house, and wonders how to insulate it effectively at the same time
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Official Rules: Break Out of the Indoors 2012
Spring's here so it's time to BREAK OUT OF THE INDOORS! Once again we're asking you to show us your amazing arbors, dashing decks, pretty pergolas or any other project that gets you to break out of the indoors and celebrate the great outdoors. You just might win a $100 gift certificate to spend in the Taunton Store.
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A Classic Farmhouse
3 commentsArchitect Marc Sloot defines the Farmhouse style with this Wisconsin home.
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How to Paint Fiber-Cement Siding
Painter Jim Lacey shares some tips for caulking and painting fiber-cement siding. read more
