Learn how to create deck designs and how to build a deck.
Free standing cantilever deck design.
Customize your perfect backyard retreat by choosing from a variety of colors materials shapes railings and more.
Build a freestanding cantilevered deck supported by parallel beams.
Above ground pool decks are often built freestanding in this fashion.
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Around alabama where eht is headquartered most decks are connected to the side of a house with a ledger board fastened to the rim joist of the house.
Deck joist cantilever rules and limits the distance your joists can safely cantilever or overhang a drop beam is determined by the size of the joists the wood type and grade of the lumber and the spacing between joists.
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In other cases such as stuccoed houses many builders prefer to build a freestanding deck to avoid the mess and difficulty of cutting and flashing stucco.
As the owner of a deck design build firm i have found that very few projects are what might be called standard most have some element or site limitation that requires a creative solution which in my area of pennsylvania frequently means designing the deck to be freestanding instead of attached to the house.
When done correctly this is a strong and code compliant method of building.
Some decks can t be attached directly to the house using ledger boards because of a house cantilever or a brick veneer.