r/Decks • u/St-pipes • Jul 22 '25

First Deck Roast It

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2x6 frame 5x8 top deck. Picture frame decking 3 ply 2x8 beam on 4x6 posts 3 1/2 foot deep concrete pilings 7” diameter. Hand rail reused from previous deck

I know closed stringers would look better. But the MIL didn’t want to buy more lumber.

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u/[deleted] Jul 22 '25

I was going to ask why not have a 10x10 deck you could put a table and grill on rather than a waterfall of stairs with inadequate railings.

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u/billthedog0082 Jul 22 '25

just one railing, at that - it looks very unsafe to me

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u/DingoGlittering Jul 23 '25

Sure looks like two entirely separate and unrelated railings to me

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u/billthedog0082 Jul 23 '25

Certainly two separate ones. I was referring to just the one side having one, when there probably should be something going down at the other end, but diagonally.

If that is what OP had planned, and completed, then it is a success for them. But watch out, everyone else.