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  • How To – Building A Beam For Your Deck

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    Decks and Porch additions require that the joists be connected to the home with a Ledger Board and joist hangers. On the opposite side (away from the home) you rest the joists on top of a beam that is supported by posts. In this HowTo we will cover the steps for installing the posts and…

  • How To – Building Wood Porch Stairs

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    So, now that you built your deck you need a way to get off of it and stairs are a great way to do that. The first thing you need to do is decide of you will be building the stair stringers (things that hold the stair tread steps) yourself or if you will be buying some…

  • Making A Concrete Pad For Porch Steps

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    When you are building your porch or deck one of the last things you will need to do is build your steps. You have many choices you can attach your step stringers to your rim joist of the deck with a header and then use a ground contact rated pressure treated footer at the bottom…