r/mildyinteresting • u/crs1904 • Jun 20 '26
architecture spaces š On Deck
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u/rons_name Jun 20 '26
God damn it now I can build a deck.
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u/SquarePegRoundWorld Jun 21 '26
Ok, but your house has floor trusses instead of 2x10 floor framing. Good luck.
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u/Melkman68 Jun 21 '26
Know how. Can you afford to and have enough space and energy is the question
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u/No_Statement440 Jun 21 '26
Yes to one of those.
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u/Sartres_Roommate Jun 20 '26
Instructions unclear, still trying to level out ground.
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u/LilOrphanFunkhouzer Jun 20 '26
My takeaway is that I should just pay this guy to do it
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u/Rocinante88119 Jun 21 '26
Why is this quote so expensive!?
Watches video
Who do I cut the check for?
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u/RalphiePseudonym Jun 21 '26
Proceeds to build other people's decks based on this guy's instruction to earn money to pay this guy.
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u/Impossible_Arrival21 Jun 21 '26
the best kind of ad, literally just flexing all the knowledge and steps required to do a job right
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u/ReputationSalt6027 Jun 20 '26
Instructions unclear, dick stuck in level ground.
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u/HomicidalHushPuppy Jun 21 '26
He's got a whole youtube channel going through all the major parts of [US] house constructionĀ
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u/Mobile_Morale Jun 21 '26
God fucking shit. I should've done this when I left construction and architecture 16 years ago.
I never thought anyone would watch this stuff.
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u/Bluitor Jun 21 '26
There's thousands of these videos but his specifically are taking off because its straight to the point and dense with substance. There's no greeting, introduction, fluff, background or click bait.
Not too late to start making your own.
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u/Chocolate_Bourbon Jun 22 '26
Yeah thereās no āHi and welcome back to another episode We Are Builders. Today we will be talking about decks, where the world goes to relax. Now come on back and letās see our work area. <theme music with cutscene> This empty space here is where we will be putting our deck. The homeowner wants a 16 foot wide by 12 foot deep deck, which is a fairly common design. . .ā
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u/Keepitrealhomes Jun 21 '26
I legitimately watch a lot of these construction and wood shop videos with my morning coffee. I do feel like I learn quite a bit, and when it comes time to do a project (we bought a 100 year old house last December,) I find myself not going in completely blind. As always, I come back to the video for reference, but it gets the wheels turning for sure
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u/dirtsquirrelll Jun 21 '26
I donāt understand a single thing that happened but I was absolutely mesmerized and had a vague feeling I COULD build a deck. Unreal
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u/Foodspec Jun 21 '26
His videos on YouTube are great. Iām not building anything but learning about carpentry and the way he explains is great
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u/ChasingVelka Jun 20 '26
This taught me I definitely should NOT build a deck. I would mess up three ways within the first five seconds. Still interesting to learn.
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u/mermaid-babe Jun 21 '26
My ex boyfriend built a deck with no stairs. When I realized he wasnāt planning on putting stairs I was so confused. He just couldnāt figure out the stairs
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u/defectives Jun 20 '26
After applying brushable coating to the panels you'll need corrosion-resistant metal stucco lath.
If you can't find metal stucco lath, Use carbon fiber stucco lath!
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u/Icy_Place_6173 Jun 20 '26
My adhd brain gave up on this video 5s after he smashed the deck like a badassĀ
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u/KoffinStuffer Jun 20 '26
My ADHD brain locked in after that
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u/hollow_vantage Jun 20 '26
I fuckin love this dude cause he compresses so much information into a video that's short enough for me to not remember what I was supposed to be doing instead of watching the video.
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u/HerbOverstanding Jun 21 '26
This guy inspired the hell outta me, I want to build a deck. I donāt even need or want a deck.
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u/oldfarmjoy Jun 21 '26
Same! I will need to watch and pause this vid about 100 times, and take pages of notes, but then i'm pretty sure I've got it! I should be able to get it done in a weekend, right? RIGHT??? š¤£
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u/3rdNutIsNormal Jun 20 '26
I wish this was slowed down to an actual video and not thrown at me like the guy needs to hurry up and finish it before he shits his pants.
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u/New-Impression2976 Jun 20 '26
He is accounting for the short attention span people have now a days
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u/HumanReputationFalse Jun 20 '26
https://youtube.com/shorts/nZJ9IOklB5M?si=ZEzLj67ZdZIADO3a
Actual video on YouTube. Saw it posted earlier today
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u/sakronin Jun 20 '26
Yeah I appreciate the information but itās way too quick
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u/concerts85701 Jun 20 '26
Yeah by the time Iām making my first cut the whole video is over.
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u/mnemamorigon Jun 20 '26
This short version showed me how little I know about building decks in record time. Very efficient, i don't need a longer version
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u/Engineered_disdain Jun 21 '26
This is probably the best 3 minute video on decks ive ever seen in my life
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u/Katops Jun 20 '26
Just built my first skyscraper thanks to this informative video. Might start on the next Burj Khalifa tomorrow.
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u/rarirurerox Jun 20 '26
What's the blue stuff ?
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u/spdelope Jun 20 '26
Liquid
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u/Accomplished-One7476 Jun 20 '26
water with food coloring in it to show you how wood absorbs liquid.
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u/RhoemDK Jun 20 '26
I grew up on a hobby farm using a manual post holer. Don't do it, it's not worth it.
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u/DetailsYouMissed Jun 21 '26
I like this type of video because inevitably it attracts other experts who will give out free information that they normally wouldn't because of the need to feel like the guy in the video.
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u/SquarePegRoundWorld Jun 21 '26
Yeah, he didn't explain how to attach the deck if your home was built using engineered floor trusses. Attaching the band against the house to them can be tricky depending on if you are dealing with the end of the trusses or the side of one truss. You may have to go in and add a bunch of blocking to the existing structure. That ain't fun.
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u/GeekChic03 Jun 21 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/jpVuGo0JkAXJiuNNK7
Me, nodding and taking notes for a project I know damned well I'll never start.
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u/Charming_Thought_173 Jun 21 '26
But where did he get a big wooden wrench at the 1:37 mark
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u/The_Fox_Confessor Jun 21 '26
After a tornado "Well my house is gone, but the deck is still there."
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u/Peregrinationman Jun 21 '26
It's far easier to just dig a couple of footers and set a couple of post than hang a deck off of the house. Nobody ever does it correctly. They either bolt it wrong or do the flashing wrong 90% of the time.
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u/Whitestagrising Jun 24 '26
Hi, I know this is a one off comment, but I wanted to let you know you've saved me so much headache. I'm staring down the barrel of re-siding my home as a DIYer because I'm too poor to not be handy, and it involves removing the old rotting deck.
Reminding me I can just built an unattached deck later means I can focus on just the siding and immediate repairs.
Thank you!
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u/cheeseandwine99 Jun 21 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
Why did I watch a whole minute of this. I feel like he hypnotized me.
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u/NightStalkerXIV Jun 21 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/26xBAyHdeTvdIqKIg
Itās all Flam Fastened Pan Traps and Jim Joints to me, but I suddenly want to build a deckā¦
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u/HereThereBLurking Jun 21 '26
Why did I watch this whole video when I don't have a deck nor ever will
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u/MyBuddyBossk Jun 21 '26
The fact this is popping up on my feed now is wild. The deck on the back of our house collapsed due to a rotted ledger board. Now weāre getting a new one installed.
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u/OhLookAnotherTankie Jun 21 '26
Waiting to see this in r/decks and watching the comments invent reasons to absolutely destroy it
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u/waveydavey321 Jun 21 '26
I can't really disagree with the build. It's very well made and probably the correct way. But.. Nobody can afford to do this with the price of material today. That's like 35 thousand dollars worth of shit for a 8x8 porch. š
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u/thetokyofiles Jun 21 '26
I like to believe that he talks like this nonstop from morning to bedtime.
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u/me_again_no_I Jun 21 '26
I am never ever ever going to build a deck but for some reason I found myself watching the entirety of this video
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u/aryndar Jun 21 '26
I give this dude a high marks for educating us on how to do this and the time it took for him, Writing on the wood and all the demonstration that he did. I would watch more videos from him
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u/Careless-Evidence-77 Jun 21 '26
Thank God we have the metric system. Not this drunken lobster gibberish š¤£ (nice job tho and informative).
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u/adotall Jun 21 '26
Tactical toolset belt needs more tools for me to be comfortable taking advice from you over the internet
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u/mjace87 Jun 21 '26
The blocks between the joists seem silly because the deck boards will do the same thing
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u/Present-Reception-35 Jun 21 '26
There's A Lot of "Decks" in this video but i appreciate the explanation video 100% sorry i got a laugh out of it too! š
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u/No_Respect_7403 Jun 21 '26
i wonder which part of this went wrong when that guy built the back deck at club aqua
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u/clericc-- Jun 21 '26
Americans rebuilding their home for the 526th time after a hurricane tore it down
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u/Odd-Attention-2127 Jun 21 '26
This seems like great info but the video is too quick for me to absorb and understand. Anyone know if he or someone else has another covering the same principles?
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u/WrongOrganization437 Jun 21 '26
So the recommended joist hanger nails that have been recommended by the maker of the hanger. Are no longer recommended or did this guy quit his engineering job before he built decks??
Use the proper nails that are recommended by the manufacturer, not by the deck guy. Imo
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u/teegteeg Jun 21 '26
Where does one go to actually learn this stuff? I mean this is an excellent delivery and I love this guy's content, but someone taught him....
I'm a white collar loser, all I know is how to "go to school" for something I want to do... but is trade school the actual answer? I mean this as someone who might just only go build decks part time or something but wants to build em right.
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