That will be broken in 6mo.

I can't get past the gap in the frame

Doesn't look tight to me, and when PT dries and shrinks, the benefit of the tight solid platform is partly lost. No?

Corner of that stringer is .... gone 😅😅😅

Is there a fire retardation or combustibility difference?

Why is it that my deck can be 16 inch centers but my steps can't? I step and stand the same so I'm super curious....

Round edge or trim board with picture frame band on each step, groove on inside.. 3/4 overhang to perfectly cover the riser

Which of the composite decking materials is most fire retardant

Do you have a fire resistance comparison?

Com PO sit? Lol It's pronounced "kahm pause it"

No railing. That isn't legal where I live. Looks strong, tho.

And a drip edge

I am not a feck guy, so I cannot leave a comment.

thats why they sell end cap

That’s a wobbly deck

You can also use trim nails with a 2x4 for a fence as well and considering the nail holes you have to sand a deck before stain so can use wood filler

Only use the flat bottom composite decking. It's your job to give your customers the best product not the cheapest that made the quality suffer. I would never us the decking with the grooves out the back or sale it to one of my customers.

If anybody ever considers a “economic line” of composite decking then it’s the contractors job to inform them that it’s garbage. It’s a “ buy once ,cry once” scenario when it comes to composite

How do you do a mitred corner? What do you do to make them look neat and tight?

Skilled

I have no problem with this not being to code. What I have a problem with is that this implementation fails to meet the physical problems that the code is trying to address. Stupid code calls for 1" between post and concrete. You need to have a capillary break of adequate size to stop water from sitting in contact with the post and the concrete via capillary action even if crap piles up on your piers. Second, you need to design it so that rain does not sit underneath beam, rotting it away over the years. My guess is that if you put a metal flashing around the top of pier and then rest the beam on a capillary break or plastic grate, you could have a functioning solution. Another idea is to cut narrow grooves on the bottom of the beam so that you have drainage channels, but that seems a bit more complicated.

This is amazing! Thank you so much for this video. I had a straight edge I bought but could not secure to the deck to make my breaker board cut. This is so simple and cost me nothing. Perfect cut after procrastinating a day on how to do it without buying the track saw attachment.

good vid.....on how NOT to do it, spend a little extra time and do it right the first time

Now way Jose ! The Crown always goes up to prevent cupping ! Twenty five years of installing this Way and haven't had any issues ! Ive seen lots of DIY decks with the crown down and lots of issues !

Can you just paint some flex seal onto the tops of the joists?

Supported for what reason, no ones walking on the very edge of their deck especially with a railing..oh, ive built countless decks the last 40 yrs

“If you can’t get a it perfect, Dont even try” 😂😂😂 I’m sure he never told the home owner that one either 🥸

Your holding all the water in

Omg stop

All good, except, Trex is shit decking.

Nice framing how many years did you say you been doing it wrong

Can you raise the composite deck facia to cover the end boards if you don’t do the picture frame? Thank you for sharing!

That's old news, sonny boy.😂

Lol at the American measuring system. It's like Britain 100 years ago. "Mark it at 5 leagues & 1 Cusp - use the Modern Cusp measurement which is 20/49th of a donkeys behind.. then subtract 1 League,which is 3 refrigerators..." Can we all just go metric? It's easier, it really is.

If it's not perfect, than you are a PIECE OF SHIT!!!! just kidding. How the fuck anything gonna be perfect when the only lumber being sold nowadays is shit.

/trex leaves a lip. Why not get the squared boards?

Put joist tape down on the blocking is what I’d do

I just installed Trex Timbertech and between the joist it bends down with the sun

Lol. I used to be the quality control guy for timbertex. If you tagged them in this I guarantee you'd get a reply. They are extremely invested in the quality of their product.

I’m guessing this whole thing was scripted and this guy has never had a hammer in his hand before because nobody in the history of the world has ever pronounced composite like he just did

Master of composite decking. Can’t pronounce composite. 😂

Appreciate it!

is that gonna work on my 6 inch decking wood? Thanks!

I don’t know if you’re saying composite correctly.

Use it for steps

Those stairs will probably sag in the middle over time. A vertical support would eliminate that. Mine did, and now I'm having to deal with it!

I’d like to see it on a bracket with a 1” lift plate so water won’t sit on top of the concrete with the beam. But it looks good otherwise

Easy to maintain 🎉

just why? why would one build with this garbage. Nothing looks worse than a plastic deck

strikes me using qtrs of inches instead of elevating the IQ and start using cms, mms