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All-TigerNet [14282]
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Tearing down and building a new deck this coming week.
May 21, 2020, 8:55 PM
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No pallets will be used. I'll post deck pics later.
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Re: Tearing down and building a new deck this coming week.
May 22, 2020, 7:58 AM
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I think we are going to go the patio route with a built-in fire pit. Too many critters trying to make their way under the deck now. Took several pellet gun shots to get rid of a skunk family and just last week I had a raccoon run out.
I like the idea of the sitting area around the fire pit, but I wonder if it would actually ever get used.
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All-TigerNet [14282]
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I'll probably add a propane fire table in the fall.
May 22, 2020, 8:20 AM
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We're increasing ours by pushing it out 4'. Effectively around 130 square feet. It will gives us room for a seating area and dining area. May add a pergola over the sitting area.
All that, plus I get to spend time with my dad building it.
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When we did ours a few years ago
May 22, 2020, 8:48 AM
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I insisted with my FIL that we make the top of the rails extra wide.
I do not regret at all. They are wide enough to sit on, but more importantly, you can place a drink a plate whatever without fear of it falling.
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All-TigerNet [13764]
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Re: When we did ours a few years ago
May 22, 2020, 8:54 AM
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Yep, when I roofed and screened the deck at the old house i made the mid-rail out of 2x8s for this exact reason. Couldn't sit on it obviously, BC screened, but you could sit a plate of food on it if needed.
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All-TigerNet [14282]
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That is also part of the plan. Trying to think of the little
May 22, 2020, 8:56 AM
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Details like that to make it better.
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All-In [40344]
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We also did built on seating
May 22, 2020, 8:58 AM
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It has angled back so you aren’t sitting stiffly straight up
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All-TigerNet [14282]
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We have that now but are losing it for a 16' long step.
May 22, 2020, 9:05 AM
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Probably adding a built in buffet/table beside the Blackstone for cooking and serving. Trying to decide the railing style too.
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Building anything with wood right now is stupid
May 22, 2020, 9:09 AM
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board prices are INSANE
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Oculus Spirit [81019]
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Yeah, steel girders with aluminum plate would be much better***
May 22, 2020, 9:42 AM
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Oculus Spirit [79183]
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That's hot on the feet***
May 22, 2020, 9:43 AM
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Oculus Spirit [79183]
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Make sure to trim the bushes before posting pigs
May 22, 2020, 9:40 AM
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It'll make it look bigger.
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Oculus Spirit [79405]
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I ripped 1/4 of mine off a few weeks ago and stopped
May 22, 2020, 9:52 AM
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Figured I might want to hold off on spending that money in case I find myself COVID-poor. Going to raise it 6' to be level with the screened in porch and make a storage area underneath.
And I'm going to be an outlaw and do it without HOA approval.
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