A trex Deck

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redwood

Discussion Starter · Oct 26, 2013

I never thought that I would have a topic with that title. It's been years since I built any deck that wasn't all wood, usually Ipe.

Well this client insisted, the project was less then 10 min. from my house, and it was over 1000 sq.ft.

A big thanks to Mike @ Calif.Decks for helping me all the way through. I sure needed it.

Another thanks to Greg Hartman of Fastenmaster for coming to see us and showing us the ropes of the TigerClaw fasteners. They were easily the best thing about this project.

Anyways, here are a couple of pics, though I need to return and get some more at a better time of day and with some furniture.

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redwood

Discussion Starter · #2 · Oct 26, 2013

A couple of more.

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redwood

Discussion Starter · #3 · Oct 26, 2013

Maybe one more.

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CarpenterSFO

· #4 · Oct 26, 2013

Very nice.

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Calidecks

· #5 · Oct 26, 2013

Very nice, Mark! You can tell the HO to jump under that thing when there's an earthquake it looks stout that's for sure. :thumbsup:

Dirtywhiteboy

· #6 · Oct 26, 2013

Love the step detail RW:thumbsup: Is the white risers Azek?
How did you fasten them on?
May I use that detail on some I have coming up?

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redwood

Discussion Starter · #7 · Oct 26, 2013

Dirtywhiteboy said:
Love the step detail RW:thumbsup: Is the white risers Azek?
How did you fasten them on?
May I use that detail on some I have coming up?

All Trex. Credit goes to Mike @ Calif.Decks. I copied it from him, possibly with some minor changes. They took twice as long as my normal ipe steps.

builder2345

· #8 · Oct 26, 2013

Nice looking deck

goneelkn

· #9 · Oct 26, 2013

Dam, them steps look familiar :laughing:

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greg24k

· #10 · Oct 26, 2013

And some say Trex sucks... Here is a perfect example of the beauty of Trex products, the ease to work with, nice workmanship and a job well done Mark :thumbsup:

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deckman22

· #11 · Oct 26, 2013

Well done as usual Mark. Heck of a deck for your first composite deck.

Deckhead

· #12 · Oct 26, 2013

I liked my lone experience with their capstock too.

Looks great. Tiger claw seems like the cats meow for composites.

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John Hyatt

· #13 · Oct 26, 2013

Interesting treatment of those columns underneath, Mark.

If you are happy with the trex product here's hoping it holds up down the road. That was it's problem in the past. It would be surprising to me if it did not, after all the practice they have had ripping Folks off, they must have finally learned something while stomping over the backs of all their customers.

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redwood

Discussion Starter · #14 · Oct 26, 2013

I'm not sure I said that I enjoyed it, liked it, or love Trex. In truth, I hated it and it was in many ways a pain in the arse.

I'm hoping I never have to build another one.

Calidecks

· #15 · Oct 26, 2013

goneelkn said:
Dam, them steps look familiar :laughing:

What did you use for stair railing? I don't see any posts.

redwood

Discussion Starter · #16 · Oct 26, 2013

Hi Mike, look at the first picture in the second group, it shows the railing. We set pressure treated posts in concrete and then used the Trex railing.

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Calidecks

· #17 · Oct 26, 2013

redwood said:
Hi Mike, look at the first picture in the second group, it shows the railing. We set pressure treated posts in concrete and then used the Trex railing.

Sorry Mark for not Clarifying, I was referring to Goneelkin's post about these steps here.

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goneelkn

· #18 · Oct 27, 2013

Californiadecks said:
What did you use for stair railing? I don't see any posts.

Railing and post were aluminum, bolted down to additional blocking.

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CITY DECKS INC

· #19 · Oct 27, 2013

Mark good job:thumbsup: like it or not we what we do for our customers. Greg from fasten master always goes above and and beyond with great service.
As usual great job. Clean strong and a happy customer.

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goneelkn

· #20 · Oct 27, 2013

Redwood, is there any reason for not making the stringer covers one piece??

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