| Landscape With Decking 
Enhance the beauty and function of your landscape by building
a deck.
Blend outdoor living space with your landscape and create areas for privacy,
entertaining and family activities. Building a deck is the ideal do-it-yourself home
construction project. If you can use a hammer, saw and level, you can be successful. To
insure a lifetime of enjoyment, use ProWood pressure treated lumber along with rustproof
zinc-coated nails and fasteners.
Good preparation will help you design and build an attractive ProWood pressure treated
deck. |
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- View. Highlight the good and not the bad
- How well will the deck blend with other landscaping and general terrain?
- Safety. Keep children and elderly in mind
- Access to various rooms of home.
- Determine location and depth of utility and drainage lines
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Be sure to check local building codes and subdivision restrictions
before you start building. A construction permit will probably require a plan. |
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| Before You Start Several
factors must be considered before you can design and build your deck. Some of the key
considerations are:
- Design a size to accommodate present and future needs.
- Anticipated uses. (Privacy, entertaining,family recreation)...
- Number of people and amount or type of furniture your deck will need to accommodate.
- Desired exposure to sun, shade and breezes.
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| Basic Tool Checklist: |
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- Hammer
- Circular Saw
- Drill and Bits
- Square
- Chalk Line
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- Nylon Twine
- Tape Measure
- Hand Saw
- Level
- Post Hole Digger
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FROM DECKS....TO
PLANTER BOXES....TO FENCES....TO RETAINING WALLS....YOUR OUTDOOR PROJECTS BECOME A NATURAL
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For safety, when working with wood, we recommend gloves, dust mask and
goggles. |
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Consider your deck as a focal point of the overall landscape
of your home. Be creative in size, shape and levels. Choose decorative and unusual
accents.
Take time to check out various deck plans and completed decks in your neighborhood for
design ideas. Draw out your planned deck to scale showing attachment to the existing
structure and location on lot |
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| It is important to remember that your deck project will only
take a few weekends to complete, but will last a lifetime. Be sure that the design and
style you decide on today will make you happy for years to come. |
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Don't order any lumber or start work until you're sure that your plans
meet local requirements and utility and drain lines. |
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Make sure all connectors, nails, screws, bolts and related hardware are
hot-dipped zinc coated or otherwise rustproof. |
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Using your scale drawing, you are now ready to develop your materials
list.
Check out the fact sheet on treated lumber.
Questions About Treated
Lumber? |
