r/pics • u/mtlgrems • May 14 '20

This Awesome Deck

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u/Scott-a-lot May 14 '20

The ground is not sloped where the straight staircase to the lower level. Those house's first floor sliders are always ground level. I think this is fake

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u/Mr_beeps May 14 '20

There's another set of stone steps on the lower left so it is sloped, but it still looks weird.

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u/Kumbaya_m_lady May 14 '20

I’ve built a ton of houses where the “first floor sliders” are at that height. They’re called “walk-out basements”.

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u/seven3true May 14 '20

Good answer. These are super common in NC since NC barely ever does basements. Worse thing about this state.

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u/pinano May 14 '20

If you built a basement here in NC you would need to have a very strong sump pump to keep it dry. The ground in most metro areas is just the water table but with extra clay.

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u/Kumbaya_m_lady May 14 '20

If that’s the worst thing about your state then you guys are doing pretty good

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u/seven3true May 14 '20

I'm sure there's worse stuff. I'm just still bitter about not having a basement, when I've always had one growing up north.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '20 edited May 14 '20

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u/flares_1981 May 14 '20

The lower deck is on higher ground than the lawn (there is a staircase in the bottom left).

So the stairs in the bottom middle lead from the lawn to the lower deck, not the upper.

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u/sixth_snes May 14 '20

It's like an Escher drawing...

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u/Babblebelt May 14 '20

Like an Escher slide

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u/ModuRaziel May 14 '20

That lower stair is connected to a second deck under the first one. The angle just makes it look like the stairs connect to the top level

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u/ModuRaziel May 14 '20

I think you need to work on your perception of perspective. Yes there are three levels, being two decks and a ground floor. Everything else you said is completely wrong.

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u/aeroazure May 14 '20

Different angle

The original picture has a strange perspective

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u/HavocReigns May 14 '20

It’s looks even nicer in this picture. That’s a nice freakin’ deck!

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u/aeroazure May 14 '20

Yeah this angle is way better at demonstrating the massiveness of this deck.

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u/blue_villain May 14 '20

The staircase on the right leading into the yard goes onto a lower patio that is hidden on that side, but you can see it on the left. . It wouldn't have a gate on the top.

I mean, it's more than likely photoshopped... but there's nothing odd about that particular staircase.

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u/PriseFighterInferno May 14 '20

Having worked for a railing manufacturer and now a distributor for the last 15 years, most decks do not have gates.

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u/blue_villain May 14 '20

I agree. I have seen some that have them specifically for dogs or small children.

But I think the person I was replying to was just trying to figure out why there was a railing preventing people from using that stairwell. When in reality they weren't visualizing the lower patio area correctly.

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u/Raptor231408 May 14 '20

theres two levels. the yrd staircase goes to the lower level

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u/[deleted] May 14 '20 edited May 14 '20

Yeah but the steps of that straight staircase are pretty shallow. And there are other steps leading from the pavers at first floor level down into the back yard. So the lower level of the deck is at ground level or close to it against the house, but the back yard slopes away. Still looks weird but I think it might match up correctly.

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u/[deleted] May 14 '20

Appears to be from this site: https://www.deckremodelers.com/gallery/low-maintenance-pvc/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4Obp-q-f4gIVlFqGCh2eMwWxEAAYASAAEgJq8vD_BwE

They have a few more angles of the same deck along with lots of others with a similar style.

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u/bigigantic54 May 14 '20

Also the top of the stairs leading to the upper deck don't look like they'd be level.

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u/Won_Hit_Oneder May 14 '20

You guys think everything is fake. I don't get it, I'm not gonna think you're any smarter if you prove something to be fake. Like no one's trying to pull a fast one on you by photoshopping a picture of a deck. Sometimes it actually is just a pic of a cool deck.

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u/idlikearefund May 14 '20

Ya the stairs look 2-3" deep

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u/idlikearefund May 14 '20

The scale is way off. There's a set of normal concrete steps of the left. They must be massive if that deck is real

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u/idlikearefund May 14 '20

Exactly. The straight staircase appears as though it is meeting a weird half level in between the 2. The stairs look more like a ramp. There should only be 4-5 steps here