A friend is planning to build a new deck and he only has 15 cm of clearance to work with.
He went to Beijer Bygg with a drawing to get a price estimate. The deck will be quite large, just over 45 m2, or about 4.5 x 10 m.
Beijer suggested that he should use 32 piers and 45x195 beams for this... In short, he received a quote for nearly 20,000 SEK for materials.
My thought is that it should be enough with 45x95 and to place these on patio slabs he has left over from the old patio, then put decking on top of this. Possibly a maximum of 45x120 and dig trenches for these, which he fills with some gravel.
What does the collective expertise of this forum say?
He went to Beijer Bygg with a drawing to get a price estimate. The deck will be quite large, just over 45 m2, or about 4.5 x 10 m.
Beijer suggested that he should use 32 piers and 45x195 beams for this... In short, he received a quote for nearly 20,000 SEK for materials.
My thought is that it should be enough with 45x95 and to place these on patio slabs he has left over from the old patio, then put decking on top of this. Possibly a maximum of 45x120 and dig trenches for these, which he fills with some gravel.
What does the collective expertise of this forum say?
I'm wondering if 45x95 is enough for garden tiles or if I'm completely off track?
There are many trade-offs, but when there is such a height limitation, there's not much else to do...Tiger79 said:
Considering that he has around 100 on the old patio, yes.Nyfniken said:
If it works on decking depends on the foundation. If the decking sinks here and there, there's not much load-bearing capacity in 45x95, resulting in wobbliness.
The neighbor has unscrewed the decking both once and several times and adjusted.
With the right foundation, it plays.
The neighbor has unscrewed the decking both once and several times and adjusted.
With the right foundation, it plays.
It's perfectly fine to do so... go ahead!
Not all tiles need to be perfectly level either as there are both wedges, syllpapp, spacers to place in between so the rule gets support.
Not all tiles need to be perfectly level either as there are both wedges, syllpapp, spacers to place in between so the rule gets support.
That's my thought too, I can also screw in "stubs" that hold against the slabs if they need to come up a bit. If he didn't have it so damn tight up against the door, I would have used a 120 beam, but it feels like 95 should be enough... Laying slabs with 1.5 m spacing or so should be fine.verktygsgurun said:
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I have laid 45x70 tr imp in gravel on plastic foil and nailed 22x95 pressure-treated on them. It has been in place for 30 years now and needs to be redone. But clearly, the decking is locally cracked, and today hardly anyone uses 22 mm lumber for decking.
They just built such a deck on slabs on Äntligen Hemma on Monday.
I have also just built a deck with 145 x 45 beams resting on stones with about 80 cm spacing. It's stable as a rock. We'll see if it is just as even next year, or if I need to open and adjust it.
I have also just built a deck with 145 x 45 beams resting on stones with about 80 cm spacing. It's stable as a rock. We'll see if it is just as even next year, or if I need to open and adjust it.
Agree! At most one meter.Tiger79 said: