Building a Wooden Deck

Yeah Wes, I was lucky enough to be downsized from Morgan Stanley about 5 years ago after 10 years and was given a pretty sweet severance. So we bought a small house on two acres in the Catskill mountains about 3 hours north of the city. One of the best things I’ve ever done.

It is our little piece of heaven. Here’s a view from the deck.

 

Ok, now you're just being mean...

This is the kind of area I want to buy a home in in the future.

 

That's awesome. Good for you.

Clutchfans vacation in the Catskills this summer.

 

I am in the process of building a deck and I have bought most of my supplies so I should be able to give you an idea of how much it will cost for you to do it yourself. This will be the second deck I have built. It is time consumming, but not terrible difficult.

The deck I am building is 14 x 21 in total. It will have a slightly elevated area that is 10 x 10 with a pergola over just that area. I paid a little under $800 for the wood. It is being built mostly over an old concrete patio so I have spent another $200 for cement anchors and post bases so that I can keep the sleepers off of the ground. I will only need to dig 6 post holes. I have not purchased the cement yet so I do not know yet how much that will cost. I will also have the cost of renting a hammer drill and a heavy duty nail gun (the one I have is just for 2" brads so it cannot handle this job).

 

I desperately need a deck built in my backyard but I'm the most un-handy guy you'll ever meet. I'm looking to hire somebody for the job.

 

Is that you taking a wizz on the corner?

 

I thought you lived in Manhattan? How the heck did they let you build that in Central Park?

 

Just breaking it in!

rocketsjudoka own apartment in Queens, have weekend house in Catskills. Just your regular east coast elitist, snob

 

It turns out I actually don't have many pictures of my deck without about 4000 people on it for various parties. This one will have to suffice. It's a pic I took in a freak rainstorm when my backyard filled up like a pool, but you get an idea of what the deck looks like. The upper portion is 16' x 16' square, with a trellised roof. The lower deck is about 20' x 40' total with a built in bar, complete with a tiled top (not shown). Not as huge as mark's, but I have a bar...

 

Looks good. Post more pics if you can.

 

Thanks for the compliment. I'll take some pics this afternoon and post them.

 

Be sure to include the bar.

 

lol. I knew that thing would be popular!

 

I knew it!

 

dam! Don't be so modest Rad! That's awesome!

 

I can do it. My guys are pretty cheap, too. Here's the last one we built.

 

how many rooms does that thing have?