Building A Floating Deck On Uneven Ground
This support becomes necessary when the deck s surface.
Building a floating deck on uneven ground. The functional parts are done. How to build a deck without digging holes. I am building a 10 x12 deck not attached to a ledger board. Our simple plan was to build a floating deck right there on the square leveled area adding a privacy screen on one side and railings on the most elevated parts.
Build a floating deck. Total height of low level ground level deck. I want to build a floating 18x11 deck that is not connected to the ledger. When an outdoor deck is constructed it is usually supported by posts that extend into the ground.
Building a deck on a sloped site isn t much more difficult than on a level surface so long as you plan for the difference. My plan was to pour concrete footings then run doubled up 2x8 beams setting on the footings. At first we wanted to cover the entire leveled area wood and everything but after taking measurements and trying to keep the cost down we decided to go with a 16 x 16 ft. Apr 28 20 11 17 am.
Here is how i built a deck in my backyard it s a floating deck which means it simply rests on blocks at ground level and is not anchored deeply in the ground. Technically we are still working on it but the remaining work is all cosmetic. Between 3 1 and 2 1 slopes a minimum of two feet deep and between 2 1 and 1 1 slopes no less than 3 feet deep. We ll show you how to plan for lay out and build your deck on uneven ground.
My husband and i built this ourselves mostly it was him but i helped. This article will explain how to build an elevated deck with common tools on a budget in female speak. How to build a deck on sloped or uneven ground it s not a bad rule of thumb to simply increase the depth of the footing one foot for every unit horizontal steeper the slope gets. When building a floating deck on uneven ground your biggest challenge will be to make the ground even so the deck is stable.
How to save money by building your own deck.