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Overview

Smart Guide: Decks is the essential basic guide for do-it-yourselfers interested in any deck or decking project. With how-to sequences showing, in detail, how to accurately frame and set deck footings, build stairs, add railings, and finally, protect your deck, Smart Guide: Decks packs a lot of information into a small package.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781580113922
  • Publisher: Creative Homeowner Press
  • Publication date: 3/3/2008
  • Series: Smart Guide
  • Edition description: Second
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 96
  • Product dimensions: 8.50 (w) x 10.88 (h) x 0.25 (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Planning

Basic Terms

Getting Started

Preliminary Planning Considerations

Drawing Final Plans

Gathering Tools

Carpentry Hand Tools

Carpentry Power Tools

 

Chapter 2: Footings

Excavating, Weed Control & Damage

Distributing the Load

Laying Out the Footings

Digging Postholes

Mixing & Pouring Concrete

 

Chapter 3: Framing

Framing Basics

Installing the Ledger

Attaching the Ledger

Positioning the Posts

Making & Installing Beams

Hanging the Joists

Blocking

Bracing

 

Chapter 4: Decking

Decking Options

Calculating How Much to Buy

Installing the Decking

Making the Final Cuts

 

Chapter 5: Stairs

Stair Design

Design Options

Laying Out the Stairway

Installing a Concrete Landing Pad

Constructing the Stairs

 

Chapter 6: Railings

Materials

Railing Basics

Design Considerations

Five Typical Railings

Installing the Railing

 

Chapter 7: Maintenance

Sealers, Preservatives & Stains

Available Products

Applying a Finish

 

Chapter 8: Deck Plans

Deck Designs

 

Glossary

 

Index

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