the pets web

this time (as opposed to the old deck);

• the ledger is flashed and lagged into every [house] joist, hangars were used
• solid (glue lam?) 30′-ish beam
• deck joists hurricane strapp-ed to the beam
• upped the posts from 4×4 to 6×6, 6′-ish on center, off the concrete, with brackets to secure to the posts
• went with messmer’s natural to stain the doug fir

still have to head off and install the stairs, we have about 600sqft of IPE waiting …

don’t mind the big ugly house or the mess in the work area