Browse Forums Outdoor Living Re: Calculate the price of a deck - Mother of all posting!! 72Sep 29, 2010 10:52 am Our First Build in Cardinia Lakes, Pakenham Site Start - 29/07/10 Pipes -04/08/10 Slab Prep - 10/08/10 Slab Pour - 13/08/10 Frame Start - 16/08/10 Windows in - 07/09/10 Plumbing rough in - 07/09/10 Bricking Finished 24/09/10 Roof, Gutters & electrcal finished - 12/10/10 Plaster, Skirting, Doors, Kitchen - 26/10/10 PCI - 08/12/10 Handover - 16/12/10 Re: Calculate the price of a deck - Mother of all posting!! 73Sep 30, 2010 7:09 am Landscape Design & Construction http://cherub.squarespace.com/ Re: Calculate the price of a deck - Mother of all posting!! 77Jul 20, 2011 8:47 pm Hi guys, I'm looking at building my own deck for our alfresco area and also extending it out either side of it, after reading through the thread I've got some of the information I need, but need a few more details and just wanted to clarify some things... Our deck is going to be on ground level, can't go more than 2 brick courses up from concrete slab due to termite mesh laid between the 2nd and 3rd bricks. I got a quote from a local pergola/decking installer, he quoted $8k. He's quoted us on bearers 200x75mm, joists 100x50mm, decking merbau 90x19mm - do my joists and bearers need to be that tall? In the diagram attached, the bearers are going top to bottom, joists left to right, and decking top to bottom. I've read that joists have to be 450mm apart which is fine, I'm unsure of what spacing the bearers are to be spaced apart and how many posts (stirips concreted into the ground) that I will need/spacing apart? The blue lines is where I was thinking of bolting joists onto (I read that it shouldn't be done but is the house really going to move that much?) the brickwork, running bearers under that which will be supported by the stirips. The orange square is our alfresco area. I was also told about a place in Melbourne (I'm in Sydney) from a friend of mine called no nail decking which is a little bit more expensive but you don't have the nails showing (only on the edges), has anyone used this or heard of it? good or bad feedback? Does anybody know of a cheap timber supplier in western Sydney? I checked out bunnings last weekend and they seem expensive.. Any help/feedback is greatly appreciated guys. Dave. __________________________ Building the Concerto with Allorth Homes @ The Ponds Our blog Noddy @ The Ponds http://noddytheponds.blogspot.com PM me re Landscape Plans Re: Calculate the price of a deck - Mother of all posting!! 78Jul 21, 2011 8:45 am My deck is similar to yours, i used 250x90 bearers, 90x45 joists, and 90x19 decking boards. got the timber for the carcass from Macarthur landscape supplies, and the decking boards from Abbey Timber (was about $3.60/lm) Re: Calculate the price of a deck - Mother of all posting!! 79Jul 27, 2011 4:50 pm Has anyone got any photos of their DIY Decks? And can you say whether you regret your DIY or are happy you gave it a go? I've just built 3 stairs off a landing out the back and been told by the private certifier I need hand rails sorry tried to attach a pic but couldn't mine don't have sides… 5 5756 So I'm just reading up on this ecosystem of lights. I'm planning on putting deck lights along the outside edge of a large deck. Will need about 3 packs (18 lights) plus… 0 23083 Hi, does anyone have any experience with using Trex rain escape or EPDM rubber to waterproof a deck so you have dry space underneath. Popular in the US and realize that… 0 3463 |