How to Build a Composite Deck with Deckorators: Start to Finish

In this video I set out to build a mineral based composite deck using Deckorators Voyage composite decking.
For the framing and posts I've used all pressure treated lumber.
For the surface I'm using Deckorators Voyage composite decking in the color Sedona.
Follow along for inspiration or to just watch me toil away in the dirt.
Be sure to let me know what I did wrong in the comments or how you would have done things differently as I'm not a professional carpenter.
I'm just a guy with a hammer and a saw that likes to build things DIY.
Here is a link to the decking material I used:
www.deckorator...
I was able to special order it through my local Lowes and have it delivered directly to my home.

[@JasonExplainsThings]

Rad build Ben! The math hurts my brain!

[@NilesProductions]

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[@ericturner2477]

Great build. Your house is rad.

[@NilesProductions]

Thanks! Glad you liked the video/build.

[@MeghanBrock-sk7en]

Great speed and voiceover. I feel ready to build a deck now!

[@NilesProductions]

Get after it! You got this 🤙

[@QuantumTech]

Hi , your channel is amazing; I've never seen this type of construction before. We would like to show part of your videos in some video/s report/s about your channel. We will add your link, your name, and your work will be mentioned in the video. Please let us know what you think!

[@NilesProductions]

What video are you looking to use footage from?

[@QuantumTech]

@@NilesProductions we´d like to make a video report abour your modern shed! let us know what you think :)

[@NilesProductions]

@@QuantumTech what does a video report intel?

[@QuantumTech]

​@@NilesProductions It´s a video about your work, where we talk positively about it, we show the highlits and we add your name on screen. Also, we´ll add your links in the description box. You can check some in our channel. Let me know! Thank you :)

[@NilesProductions]

@@QuantumTech You have my permission to make one report video using footage from my Modern Shed video.

[@quadsquadracingable]

Beautiful Niles! It looks great and I see you upgraded your tools! Nice work my man!! I dig that sawsquatch!! I gotta get one!

[@NilesProductions]

I borrowed all the Milwaukee tools that I’m using toward the end of the video. Got to say they are a step up from my personal Porter-Cable hand tools. I did buy the Sawsquatch though. It’s a beast and kinda scary when you get kick back. They claim it’s the largest worm drive saw on the market currently.

[@chrisdianebuckingham9639]

Beautiful work Ben!

[@NilesProductions]

Thanks! 🙌

[@mahall75]

Awesome, I have the same blue square!

[@NilesProductions]

It’s a classic for sure

[@Carrotleaf]

It’s beautiful 😍

[@NilesProductions]

Thanks Carrotleaf!

[@davidlanders2853]

Loved it! Great tips

[@NilesProductions]

Glad you enjoyed the build! Thanks for the kind words 🤙

[@WShawn]

Nice job and nice production values. The boards on our 20+ year-old wooden deck have deteriorated to the point where I want to pull them and replace them with a composite of some sort. I like the concept of the stable mineral-based Deckorators Voyage line but have to consider the cost. How is yours holding up scratch-wise?

[@NilesProductions]

@@WShawn Thanks Shawn! Glad you enjoyed the build. I haven’t noticed any scratching as of yet. Appears to be holding strong so far and low maintenance. So far I pretty much just hit it with the leaf blower and that’s about it

[@oldbiker57]

When I called Deckorator, they said 16" joist spacing would be solid, but you didn’t think so. Did you play around with them a little to conclude that 12" would be better? You are 90 degrees to the joists, so 16" would follow their recommendation, I guess.

[@NilesProductions]

In hindsight 16" would have been just fine, I was worried that it might be a little squishy so I planned for 12" when I was designing the deck. It wasn't a huge cost increase to add a couple more joist. Not counting the rim boards i used 18 joist boards in total, it would have been 14 had I gone 16" spacing