Back at it this weekend, I was able to get the decking on with the exception of the outside band.
I rough cut the decking at the edges at about 3/8 " larger than the finished cut, I wanted to allow the material to acclamate and shink a little before I made the final cut. I'll let this sit for a week or so and then make the final cut and install the outside band of decking. With all the decking options I chose to go with stk( solid,tight,knot) 5/4 x 6 cedar. With the composites costing nearly tripple and the fact that I just don't like how the composites look after the age, I opted for real wood. The deck I removed was about 18 yrs old and the decking stk cedar was still solid.
I rough cut the decking at the edges at about 3/8 " larger than the finished cut, I wanted to allow the material to acclamate and shink a little before I made the final cut. I'll let this sit for a week or so and then make the final cut and install the outside band of decking. With all the decking options I chose to go with stk( solid,tight,knot) 5/4 x 6 cedar. With the composites costing nearly tripple and the fact that I just don't like how the composites look after the age, I opted for real wood. The deck I removed was about 18 yrs old and the decking stk cedar was still solid.
I have been going back and fourth with the type of rail system I wanted to use. I designed this simple but unique post using my Enroute software and I will cut these out on the Multicam CNC router. The section to the left is the bottom end which will get thru bolted to the deck frame perimeter ( six on each side about 24" on center). If you look close these posts will have holes drilled (by the router) I plan on getting 1/2" bark or vine textured steel bars that will be inserted horizontally through the posts. This will get capped off with a sub rail and a cap rail of the same cedar used for the decking.
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