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The owner brought in Whitmer Decks to take a look at a 38 year old deck and see what could be done. After a thorough inspection it was decided that the entire deck would need to be removed and replaced. The view to the woods in the rear of the property The owner brought in Whitmer Decks to take a look at a 38 year old deck and see what could be done. After a thorough inspection it was decided that the entire deck would need to be removed and replaced. The view to the woods in the rear of the property is breathtaking, and was very important to the owner’s. This was obvious based on all of the large glass doors and windows on the rear of the house.
To get the maximum view it was decided to use glass balusters.
One of the first items discussed was what would happen with the Solarium. It was supported by the current deck joists and it needed to be separated and made independent of the deck structure. This was no small feat, and proved to be a little more difficult when we discovered a good deal of damaged wood in the structure. We ended up having to put a beam under the solarium, remove all the glass, rebuild it while supporting the roof and then install the glass again.
Another aspect of this deck that is unusual was the large span between support posts. This helped open up the underside and was made possible by the use of manufactured structural beams.
The owners were great to work with and in the end everything turned out great.
- 01 Before with a hole 731 visits
- 02 Before small deck 696 visits
- 03 All needs to go 619 visits
- 04 We are going to separate 650 visits
- 05 Tear down starts 637 visits
- 06 A lot of tear down 575 visits
- 07 Get it in the trailer 528 visits
- 08 Decking off 644 visits
- 09 First trip of many 665 visits
- 10 Solarium held up 604 visits
- 11 Fix the old 626 visits
- 12 Glass is out 623 visits
- 13 Reframing solarium 591 visits
- 14 New cedar posts 643 visits
- 15 Jointery 590 visits
- 15 Nice Jointery 558 visits
- 16 Cedar post 561 visits
- 16 New post 652 visits
- 17 Yank the old footings 622 visits
- 17b The Dingo 694 visits
- 18 Old deck is gone 599 visits
- 19 Solarium now free standi 534 visits
- 19 Solarium now free standing 555 visits
- 20 Beams up 687 visits
- 21 Footings done 555 visits
- 22 Joist going up 603 visits
- 23 Small and large 535 visits
- 24 Lumberyard 607 visits
- 25 Small siding repair 563 visits
- 26 Decking going on 626 visits
- 27 Under the new deck 552 visits
- 28 Balcony 654 visits
- 29 Rail posts 684 visits
- 30 Boarder for stone 656 visits
- 31 Lots of stone 615 visits
- 32 Twenty ton 657 visits
- 33 Railing going up 633 visits
- 34 Need stone under 649 visits
- 35 Inspector is here 642 visits
- 36 Just need rail cap 690 visits
- 37 That is a nice finish 729 visits
- 38 Wow 767 visits
- 39 Glass rail rocks 723 visits
- 40 Balcony is done 691 visits
- 41 Admiring his work 730 visits
- 42 Still admiring 733 visits
- 43 what a clear view 733 visits
- 44 Two decks great view 747 visits
- 45 Just need 50 of your fri 599 visits
- 45 Just need 50 of your friends 666 visits
- 46 What a great view 659 visits
- 47 Glass is it 643 visits
- 48 Nice area 707 visits
- 49 Rail from the outside 624 visits
- 50 Our work is done here 676 visits