My Construction Adventure

[pwcmed]

So I think I'm a handy person. I replaced my AC compressor in my beater when it went out. I swapped out my struts when I was quoted 700. I turned some attic space into storage. Installed crown molding when someone said it was to hard. With the help of google, youtube, and homedepot my next project is a 16X16 deck that sits about 5 feet of the ground at its highest point. Will post pics later on tonight.

[Skippman]

Just make sure you poor the pylon footings deep enough.

[pwcmed]

So the exact dimensions are 16X16 with the stairs cutting into 6 wide X 4 depth in the middle. I put the 6 post that home depot had designed but my I think I should add more support from the ledger to the beams. I went to lowes.com and designed a deck there and they added the extra support I want to add. My question to anyone who knows, should I add the extra support. I won't be adding a jacuzzi or anything extremely heavy.

Edit: So I talked to a buddy of mine who builds houses and he said to add the extra beam so I guess I renting the damn auger again.

[vicaphit]

Yeah, you can never go wrong with too many posts. I hope you don't run into any bedrock!

[pwcmed]

Yeah, you can never go wrong with too many posts. I hope you don't run into any bedrock!

I don't know what it was but a one man auger didn't do squat. I had to return it and get a two man. Even that had issues. It was about a foot of it. After that it was cake.

[vicaphit]

Digging post holes was always my least favorite job. My parents have a psuedo-farm (2 horses/2 stall barn). We built the barn, and what seemed like a mile of fencing. My dad and I dug just about half of those post holes by hand before he decided that it might be a good idea to get an auger to make it quicker.

[Darkstar]

augers? wow, how deep you putting the posts? I had to just dig a 4 x 4 x 5 dry well, at about half way down had to break out a jackhammer

[vicaphit]

digging a 3 foot post hole with a post hole digger and a tamping bar isn't awful, but digging 50 of those is terrible. The auger helped us get the job done without breaking our backs.