I have it all designed.
PT everything....
A couple of the design features.
Galvanized hardware cloth as the railing panels for the handrail height sections.
Galvanized corrugated roofing panels hung vertically for the "Back" (7') Wall between (3) 4' sections framed post and beam style with PT 4x4's.
I am thinking about etching the galvanized panels and trying to stain them. I want to make them look weathered, but instead of rusty streaks, make them seem weathered in color.
I am also going to rip some of the decking in half to create a repeating pattern of 2full, 1half, 2full......etc.
Using silvered oak from my barn to cap all the rail sections/make handrails, and making some matching post caps, as well as a "barn door" on the Back Wall.
A couple problems though.......
This charity/community-building stuff is turning into the classic "no good deed goes unpunished" thing.
The Building Inspector is driving me nuts on it. I guess he is just doing his job, but it seems a little excessive. Really not him....my fault for trying to build a $7K deck for $4K.....and shoe-stringing it.
I am no math whiz, and I am having trouble trying to prove the 100psf requirement w/o a stamp (which the owner can not afford (he can't even afford me)). I've had a hard time finding tables for the 100psf requirement online, so I had to figure out how to do all the math, and be able to show him clearly how I arrived there.
This thing will be ....maybe ....2" above grade at one corner, and I will have to cut through the concrete driveway and dig/pour at least (4) footings........maybe (6) since he is questioning the existing footings that have supported this brick structure for countless decades and are exposed for 18".
Getting tired of trying to do so much with so little. Got at least a full day in it already. At least I'm learning a bit of the math involved.
(I have it all drawn and scanned except for the Back Wall View, I'll throw it up later)