Rear Deck

We want to build a deck out back from the parlor floor. I am thinking it will probably be a L shaped deck that goes the entire width of the house, which means it will be made of steel. I have seen some already on house and a all steel design doesn’t always look so good. We would consider a wood deck but the width of our house (17 feet) limits us. I know we need permits and architects and such. , My question is does anyone know of a good team of builders/contractors/archirtects that we could call ? any other experiences that we could learn from ? . Thanks for your answers in advance.

mcll

in Decks and Porches 12 years and 8 months ago

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urbanexteriors | 12 years and 8 months ago

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http://cdn.brownstoner.com/507558b599773-processed-wallace_small.jpg

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etconstruction | 12 years and 8 months ago

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466dad | 12 years and 8 months ago

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We covered our steel frame / steel grating deck with Ipe, so it is in fact 100% structural w/o the wood, with a wood skin on top. Our stairs actually don’t have steel grating, just a steel support flange under the Ipe tread – I was worried about this but passed inspection aok.

kachuri999 | 12 years and 8 months ago

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http://cdn.brownstoner.com/506ef8dac6f4b-processed-photo-26.jpg

We did a pressure treated wood and steel combo as well. It was built by Robert Syracuse (610-350-9335 / 13syracuse@gmail.com), his crew did an awesome job. The stairs are steel (not shown in this pic) as well as the structure. The flooring is wood. This picture is sort of mid-project, we ended up painting the railings a blueish-gray and the edge was finished off. We have a 3′ clearance to the right (and used the length of the yard rather than the width) and the steel stairs to the left, that was our solution to the non-combustible issue.

needmtg | 12 years and 8 months ago

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Also, DIBS was that picture taken right after install? If not how do you get your wood to not weather to that dullish grey that normally happens?

needmtg | 12 years and 8 months ago

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. So the wooden screen in the deck above, though at the property line, is OK?

dazednconfused2 | 12 years and 8 months ago

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DIBS – your deck points out one approach that we take sometimes, doing the entire deck with wood, except for that 3 feet at the property line, and doing that in metal grating, or concrete or stone pavers.  Yours came out real nice there.