Browse Forums Outdoor Living 1 Aug 08, 2008 7:46 am Hi, hopefully Ive posted this is the right section, the Building Codes section might be better, but it doesnt seem to get much traffic!
We are owner builders and have a deck coming off our house maybe 1/2 a storey high. All the brick piers have ant capping, which the brickie said we needed. HOWEVER, we have 2 small kids and due to our deck being an odd shape and piers sort of protrude out from the deck a little, it looks difficult to block off underneath. we cant leave them as is, as they are razor sharp! If termites wanted to, they could just go up the stairs, so it seems silly to have the very dangerous and sharp ant capping on the piers. Does anyone know if you HAVE to have the capping. DH said we can just slide them out til we know how to block off the deck, but it would be alot easier/cheaper if we can leave them off permanently! Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated!! Re: Our deck problem.... 2Aug 08, 2008 7:05 pm if you build a deck you generally need a permit, to get a permit you need engineered drawings
if the enginered drawings call for ant caps then yes you do have to have them if not unless there is a particular bylaw from your local council you dont have to install them they only cost $1 each so while the ants may have other alternatives to access your deck you are far better of using the caps and minimising the access points for them to try and install them at a later date is totally impractical i use them on each and every single deck i build Da Vinci Outdoor Living Architectural landscaping http://www.davincioutdoor.com Surrey Hills, Vic 3127 Garage is being built with metal, 3m distance away from my cover deck. It is parallel to my cover deck, living room, family room and kitchen,… 0 9611 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 5705 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 23016 |