Pool deck framing

We've started today building the deck sub-structure, apart from the beam bolted to the pool which I included in the previous post.

The first job was to put the two joists on the right here into the U supports. Thanks to meticulous calculations and a lot of luck they both fitted perfectly. Each one must weigh 80kg and at 8m in length they are tough to manoeuvre. 



We then drilled holes through the beams and secured them to the U supports with 100x10mm bolts.

Before we started on the cross-beams, we needed to put in the weed barrier under the deck. The brown material is weed mesh together with the grey hardcore on top will prevent anything from growing underneath. A healthy spray of Roundup will ensure that! 


We left the right half to tomorrow as it was 36°C today and moving hardcore by wheelbarrow is no joke.

Next we started putting in the cross beams. Each meter is a 200x70mm joist and then 150x50mm in between. This deck is totally over engineered but it is built to last and withstand any load imaginable!



More tomorrow

Comments

  1. Mark24 June 2020 at 21:27

    Well done indeed, although 36 degrees sounds hideous for heavy lugging. Keep up the great work.

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