Next time don't cut your joists and set the rim until you are a few boards away.
Next time don't cut your joists and set the rim until you are a few boards away.
I don't cut my joists till I have 2 deck boards to go. I don't rip any decking, and it's perfectly straight.
Just deck it at a 45 degree angle and then it doesn't matter...
That is one good option.
i always start with the 2nd board in actually, reason being i can snap a control line all the way down the lenght of the deck. from that i can measure to the posts what my notch has to be around the post.. then i do the outside board... after that i work in to the house
just this morning i got into an argument with a coworker about how to start off decking... he was trying to argue that we should simply butt the first board into the posts.. the thing is on this deck we had a double rim then the post.. had i done this we would have had a 2 1/2" overhang ... he was saying its better.. my rebuttal was that if you overhang it that much not only is it going to snap off but you cant properly nail hte board to keep it from cupping.. he still kept fighting what i was doing.... now mind you this worker doesnt understand technical things.. he just likes doing things the lazy way
I just can't see this as a viable way to build a deck. What do you tell the inspector when they come out for a framing inspection?
I start at the outside and work towards the house. A rip at the house looks better then one at the outside.
Why do you need a framing inspection on a deck that has everything visible at final? My decks get two inspections footings and final.
As for starting, I do the same, I don't think a rip at the house looks bad, it looks as though it's going through the wall, if your rip is scribed decent.
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Hi guys, hopefully the thread title somewhat makes sense. After a few months of my contractor blowing me off I decided to build my deck myself, as I worked construction for several years. Everything was going fine until I reached the rim and the end deck board is only on it by about 3/4". I was thinking about adding (2) 2x4s top and bottom to fir out the rim. Obviously there's not much weight out there and it would only be seen from underneath as it will be covered by composite fascia. Is this acceptable or considered "shoddy" work? Thanks for your help.