Building a deck tips for beginners, know nothing about building.

[Nissens]

Aha, ok! 😊

 

[Stimulants95]

Continuing with groundwork. What gravel would you choose for geotextile fabric?

 

[Stimulants95]

Moved a lot of soil today for 12 hours. But this is what the foundation looks like right now.

 

[Leif i Skåne]

Here’s how I did it

https://www.byggahus.se/forum/threads/altan-direkt-pa-mark-utgraevning.324234/#post-3067396

 

[Stimulants95]

2 tons of gravel later and a lot of soil removal. Sometimes you wish your friends lived closer 🤣

 

[Jackie2times]

It's just too fantastic

 

[Stimulants95]

That's just fantastic

Yes, tomorrow it kicks off 👍

 

[Stimulants95]

Pushed hard today! Something fun is starting to happen!
Uploading some pictures from the day

 

[Stimulants95]

Fought for 9 hours today, made some progress 🤣 57m2 took longer than I could imagine

 

[Boende45]

Nice!

 

[Stimulants95]

A bit to be screwed and adjusted, but basically done.

 

[Tomture61]

When building with fris, you need to have studs underneath to put screws in.
As you did in the middle of the deck.

 

[Stimulants95]

When building with planks, you need to have studs underneath to screw into.
Like you did in the middle of the deck.
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Don't quite understand 😎

 

[Tomture61]

Don't really understand 😎

In your picture where you see the left side of the patio, I seem to see that the decking sticks up somewhat.
Or the trim that hangs down.
A trim is something you frame the decking with, can be slightly wider or the same width as the rest of the decking.
For the trim to get support from underneath + the screw needs something to attach to, a construction like I showed in the picture is needed (post #42).
The decking also needs to be attached to something underneath, closest to the trim.

 

[twoody]

Continuing with groundwork. What kind of gravel would you choose for the geotextile fabric?

No gravel needed.