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Build the deck 1st because you can stand on it and install the door. Doors and widows are usually 80" from the header. So measuring down should be simple. Oterwise drill a hole from the inside to the outside @ the floor and you will definately know your height issues. www.thedeckbarn.com

The best way to lay a herring bone is to 1st make sure the frame is square. Take diagonal measurements, of the opposing corners if they are the same the deck will be square. 2nd block your framing for the border and the seam board. 3rd deck it diagonaly both ways, snap lines for ther seam...

2x6's will definately sag on a 15' span. You need 2x12's 16" o.c. I would go 12"o.c. if I was doing it. www.thedeckbarn.com

http://www.thedeckbarn.com/howto-buildadeck.aspx Here is a how to that will give you the formulas you are looking for. There were made by The American Wood Coulnci. www,thedeckbarn.coml

The beams are usually knotched into the post. The post are 6x6's. The beams are nailed together to form 1 piece. Cut the top of the 6x6's so they are flush to the top of the beam. The joist run perpendicular to the beams, I always frame the joist 12" o.c.. www.thedeckbaarn.com

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Florida with all that sun? Here in Michigan we are replacing cedar floors after only 10-11 years. I think treated wood if you can get kiln dried [because of the shrinkage}. Other wise some of the South American woods would be best.

we have aluminum

Composite for the floor and cedar for the pergola

you will need or should probably go to an engineering site to see if that is available. Might try a university also steve scholl www.thedeckbarn.com www.killerdecks.com

All decks should be supported by post underneath the frame. At the house AND at the end. Almost all the codes I know of are requiring it anyways. You can go to my web site www.thedeckbarn.com Go to the hwo-to section there is a whole thing on it from the american wood council. Other wise...

Concrete pad on gravel will probably work well. Gravel will compact very nicely and the water will drain from it. You will still need a concrete pad for the displacement of the weight of the post. Make sure you contact you building department first before you just ram ahead with my opinion...

I would take the deck boards back and get 18' boards. It is a copmmon length for most lumber yards. Maybe not the box stores. steve scholl www.thedeckbarn.com www.killerdecks.com

All decks need to be supported by direct bearing. Post under the deck. Any other way requires engineering and that is not a fool proof science or we would't have bridge collapses. Should you build your idea or force it down a contractors throat, under the premise that " they won't get the...

The support for a deck is from the post under neath it. Each 5 gallons of water weighs about 65lbs. If I was doing your job you would get 2 more rows of posts and beams underneath the space where the tub is. What makes a deck sag is the weight applied to the footing pad under the post. The...

2x10 will do the job fine. Whether you are 16" o.c. or not has a lot more to do with the decking than joist span. To simply change to 12" oc because you will get a greater span due to what the table says should tell you that you are working near the limits of the lumber any ways. The span...

The concrete should be taken out period. The concrete moves thats why lines are scored in it and expansion joints are used. By setting your deck on top of the concrete, the expansion or contraction, lift due to frost will be telegraphed to the deck. Decks need air movement underneath them to...

All decks need post to support them. They should never be attached to the house, and than support post only at the end, or away from the house. Direct bearing is the only way to go. Check out the web site www.deckfailures.com to see my point. If that isn't the exact address just google up...

I've been installing decking for 25 years. Most people want composite on the floor and top cap of the rail. The rest, railing and fascia is usually wood, with aluminum spindles. I've had a composite deck on my house for 8 years, all we need to do is clean the floor, with olympic deck...