Wed Jun 19, 2019 6:56 am
Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:02 am
Massivedesign wrote:I’m about to redo my 600sf deck using TimberTek and it’s only about $4k in materials. I’ll be doing the work myself.
Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:22 am
Wed Jun 19, 2019 10:56 am
Wed Jun 19, 2019 11:12 am
Old Growth wrote:600 sq feet of cedar would be about 2k
Wed Jun 19, 2019 11:28 am
Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:07 pm
usrifle wrote:You need a 500-1000 dollar Permit to simply replace an existing deck with the same design/Layout?
Wed Jun 19, 2019 1:25 pm
usrifle wrote:You need a 500-1000 dollar Permit to simply replace an existing deck with the same design/Layout?
Wed Jun 19, 2019 5:51 pm
Mon Jul 01, 2019 4:53 pm
jukk0u wrote:Old Growth wrote:Plastic decks!! I chuckle!
couple of things:
Go to Dunn lumber or other places where they have decks or segments installed in the showroom. They depict tightly mitered corners and end seams. Yet the manufacturers state that at least 1/4" gap at the ends must be maintained to allow for thermal expansion. So those tight butts they show in the environmentally controlled showroom aren't achievable in the real world AND,
When installing the plastic decking, is that gap set in the morning when the decking is cold, or midafternoon after it has warmed up? Presumably it isn't ALL being cut and set in the same hour, if the deck has any size or complexity.
The neighbor has a plastic deck erected when those products were first introduced. The thermal expansion is around 3/4"!! It has torn itself apart and cracked at the fasteners, interestingly, on all the vertically installed pieces (fascia, stair risers). In the winter his mitered joints and fascia corners are tight. By mid spring there are finger sized gaps at the corners.
He hired me to do some remediation on it and I cut oversized oval holes for every fastener (and used washers) to provide for this expansion.
Mon Jul 01, 2019 5:25 pm
Tue Jul 02, 2019 4:05 pm
Old Growth wrote:600 sq feet of cedar would be about 2k