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Show F2 Advertising suppiement produced by the Newspaper Agency Corporation The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday, April 27, 1997 Building a deck Real Movers fumball the posts and use string to ensure they are lined up equidistant from the house. Do nottighten the post bases yet, because mostlikely you will be taking the posts downagain to cut notchesin the top to support the main sandwich beam ofthe deck. There are two ways to mark the top of your for cutting. Thefirst is to lay a straight 2-by-4 on top ofthe ledger (sight along the top ofthe board to checkits straightness). Lay yourlevel on top of the 2-by-4 andadjust the board until it is level and then mark where the bottomofthe 2-by-4 hits on the post. This gives you the samepoint on each post. Then measure down from that mark the depth ofthe ledger and mark that. The posts will be cut off even with the bottomofthe ledger. Most decks are supported on the outside edge by a beamthatis notched into the post tops. The beam supports the joists, mounted ontheledger. Measure the depth ofyour beam lumber onthe inside andtheoutside ofthe st, starting with the level mark. (The beams are usually 2-by-10s or 2-by-!2s. Lumberis actually a half-inch smaller than its stated measurement, so a 2-by10 would be 11/2 inches thick and 91/2 the most tedious part of deck-building process By Karol V. MENZIE AND RANDY JOHNSON (©) 1997, THE BALTIMORE SUN Coulam Wallis Poulin Rocereto Mansell and Associates’ West Jordan \woffice has added Justin Huntsman, | Craig Coulam, Crystal Yengich, Benjamin Wallis and Lori Rocereto to its sales team. Allfive will focustheir attention on the selling and marketing ofrealestate in the Salt Lake Valley. Ann MacQuoid of Lewis, Wolcott and Dombushhas been named Realtor of the Year by the Park City Board of Realtors. MacQuoid, who burst upon therealestate scene back in 1991. claiming rookie-of-the-year honors,is also presidentofthe Park City Performing Arts Foundation and a memberofthe Ballet West Board ofDirectors. MacQuoidis one ofthe highest-producingreal-estate agents in thestate. Susan Poulin has beenhired as the marketing andrelocationdirector at Lewis, Wolcott and Dornbush. Poulin, whowill oversee the marketing and public relationsforall three Lewis, Wolcott and Dornbushoffices, was formerly public relations and govermmentalaffairs director withthe Salt Lake Board of Realtors, So, you're actually building your own deck. Not having fun yet? Well, if you've done the concrete footers (to support the posts that support the deck) and the ledger board (which allows fastening the deck to the house), you've probably done the most strenuouspart. Nowit’s timetostart creating the structure of your deck. Cheer up — this part is only painstaking andtedious. Firststep, the posts: These support the edge ofthe deck on the opposite side from the ledger, in other words, the yard side, Find the best 6-by-6 pressure-treated posts you can. Makesure that they are square andvirtually free ofcracks. You must makebraces to support the posts while they’ re being installed. Drive stakes into the groundat each post location aboutthree feet out at perpendicular angle: oneoffthe front face, say, andoneoff the side face. Use one nail totack furringstrips to each ofthe perpendicular sidesofthe posts about halfway up so the strips can be swiveled to form a 45-degree angle whenthey are attached to the stakes. inches deep). Whenthe tops of the s are cut off, they will be level with ofthe beams. Measure the width ofthe beam you are mounting ontop ofthe posts (usually 11/2 inches), Markthis point on the posts. Set the saw to a 11/2-inch depth and make repeated horizontal cuts on the inside and outside ofthe post, chiseling out the waste to leave a tongue of wood between the notche Dothis on Attach the post anchors to the posts, makingsure the post bottomsare cut square andtreated with extra wood preservative. Checkthat the posts are plumb(perfectly vertical) from two adjacentsides, then secure the braces to the stakes. Clampinglevels to twoadjacentsides of the post will free your hands while you are manipulatingthe post toget it plumb. This stepis important, so take your time andgetit right. You may wantto use a long level, such as a 6foot framing level, because posts sometimes are bowed, and you pl holes 11/2 inches fromthe top and from the bottom on each post, throughthe outside beam, the tongueofthe post, and the inside beam,Insert 1/2-inchcarriage bolts about 7 inches long to accommodate a washerand a nut on the ide of the beam. ‘There is another way to mark your ~OPEN HOUSES | CENTENNIAL HEIGHTS - DRAPER 553.3400 SPRING MEADOWS- TOOELE 843-1000 Bluffdale exit - Highland Drive & Traverse Ridge Road LOT 71 Rambler, 3 bdrm. 2 bath, decks off master bdrm, & kitchenarea, 1288 sq. ft. $168,740 400 North & Droubay Rd. 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Oncethelevelis set up, one person easily can markall the posts, You do have to makesure that the water is carefully filled in the tubing sothere are no bubbles to make your measurements inaccurate. Thesafest place tocut the posts is on sawhorseson the ground.It’s possible to cut a postin place, butit requires great care. You need a place to stand thatis solid, such as scaffolding — or on the groundif your posts are low enough. Don’t stand on the top ofa stepladderortrash can with a saw, However,if you insist on sawing the postin place, braceit firmly, You may wantto clamp a carpenter's square to the post to guide and support the saw as it cuts, A standard 71/4-inch diametercircular saw can’t cut through a 6-by-6 in one cut, so you mustto cutit fromat least three sides and maybe four. To get a good square cut, the cut lines must be exactly lined up with each other, and the blade of the saw must be perpendicular to the saw’s base plate, or shoe. Makinga four-sided wooden cutting jig that can be clampedontothe post also may simplify the work and make your cut very accurate.It will help you align saw cuts fromopposite sides of a post, with only one mark, such as for the notches. Touse the jig, measure the distance from the edge ofthe base ofthe saw to the blade (Randy's saw measures 51/8 , and then mountthe jig on the post, set back the same width as from the edge of the base tothe blade. If you build yourjig slightly larger than your ments from the ledger. If everything is still plumb,level andthe postsare all the samedistance fromthe house, secure the bolts in the post anchorsto the concrete, andtighten upthecarriage bolts. LUXURY HALF ACRE KAYSVILLE HOME SITES MILL SHADOW eet ESTATES ft Comer lot $100,490 ft. starter home = Rambler, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 1157 sq, ft, {/p, oak cabinets, $117,090 4 bdrm, 2 bath, 1460 84. ft. 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