How To Build A Floating Deck For Beginners! EASY DIY Floating Composite Vinyl Deck Install!

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Hi Friends! Today is a special episode because I will be showing you an easy way on how to build a floating deck for beginners! This is an EASY DIY (do it yourself) floating composite vinyl deck install! I know that building a deck on your patio or backyard can be a very intimidating project to tackle, but I'll show you on this video that with a little patience and time you can concur this floating deck project! Go out there and build something GREAT!

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[adelejones]

This is the best and simplest deck build I’ve seen on YT, well done . Thanks for sharing and the useful tip about fixing either end before securing the middle of the boards👍🏻

[grantaugustyniak]

You should be a shop class teacher when you retire ! Love how simple and to the point and the tips you offered along the way !

[chrisclare]

I love the way you explain everything! Your 'go with what works' makes it feel like I could accomplish it.

[TheresaPigula]

Well done. Good explanations. And way to improvise where needed. 👍🏻 Sometimes you just gotta work with what ya have and make it work for you. 😊
And like you said several times, it’s YOUR deck. If you were doing it for someone else and the homeowner has difference preferences and an infinite budget, sure you could’ve done it different. Good job repurposing the materials that you had.

[erkocab]

really innovative approach to installing the pavers as a base!

[thwatergateplumber]

I might have missed this watching this video, but the board against the home - was that secured in any way? And the same thing for the 4x8s resting on the pavers - were those secured to the pavers? Besides these two things looks like a fairly easy, and attractive project.

[chuweevaliant]

Best video on YouTube. You are an excellent teacher. I am confident on doing this now

[junnanliu]

This is a great video! I have one question that I didn't notice in the video -> for the first 2x6 pressure treated wood that's close to the house, do I need to do anything? More of saying, is the deck fully floated and not attached to the house?

[Tdub]

Why not ad another end board to mate up with the overhang.

[staceydickinson]

With this type of deck be sturdy enough for a metal gazebo let's say the size of a maybe 10x12?

[megdahlin]

This is something I'm definitely interested in as I have to put up a new porch on the front of the house and I need a solid concrete block at the bottom to support the steps, placing it deep enough in the ground to avoid issues with temperature variances as I live in the Northeast. I'd like to ask is it difficult to remove the 2x4s once everything has dried and in this situation where it's buried in the ground a little bit would I even need to remove the 2x4s? How is that done without chipping the concrete? And wouldI use a rubber mallet? I'm visualizing adherence between the concrete and the 2x4s.This may not turn out to be a problem but I'm asking in advance so I'll know what to expect. TIA!

[alikassab]

Hi thank you so much for making this as simple as it gets! I have one question. At the 7:00 minute mark, you said: "I placed an extender here". Where did you place it? And why?

[liciayork]

Love it, I just brought a new home!! This is gonna be so helpful, thanks for sharing! 👊🏽

[macfranks]

If you are going to spend the extra cash on trex composite decking you should have gotten the no-groove facia boards.

For a plain Jane deck like you have picture framing is a really nice added touch so why not do it since you are going to be living with that for a couple of decades?

I just started using joist tape on my last build. I'm using g-tape in particular. I won't build a deck without it now. Every gap where your wood is exposed to any moisture it will dry rot even if it is pressure treated.

Even if your code doesn't require joist blocking on an 8 foot span, I still always block 8 foot joist spans and then longer spans of course.

Just throwing down concrete blocks is not a great way to foundation your deck. I dig down at least a foot square below grade or deeper depending on what I'm building. I then put rebar down into the hole, a couple inches of gravel and pour each footing. I build a 12 inch square by 4 or more inches high form for the top of each concrete footing to provide the base above ground for the deck to sit on. I then bracket the beams(or posts) to the concrete. Where I am it pays for me to use hurricane brackets for the joists. From the ground up everything is attached and fixed to what is below it and above it so the deck can't just slide off its base. The whole thing would have to be lifted off the ground.

If you needed 12 foot beams why didn't you get 12 foot beams? Putting 8's and 4's together will work but why do it that way? Home Depot has 12 foot 4 x 4 treated or mine do in Texas anyway.

I am not a professional builder but I get involved in projects every so often.

[cpyimitatin]

I noticed you didn't use the camo lever tool like most people do. You had any problems with your deck?

I'd like to avoid spending $100+ on a tool I'm only going to use one time.

[fmradio]

Excillent! question. what would the labor cost to build that?. Thanks

[ANM]

Great video! The gravel and sand under the pavers…how big of a space do you do you place the substrate? Say your pavers are 16”, would you do 16x16 of substrate? Or do you do a bigger substrate base - like 20x20 of substrate?

[sherileepoetcmt]

How do you keep small animals from living under it?

[ERG]

I'm a couple years late, but thanks for the video!

[myshortmessage]

how much was the total cost? without the labor