Texas Decking
This project required a woodworker’s skills and those of a DIYer. I designed, engineered and constructed a 12’x40’ slat-covered deck between my garage and swimming pool area.
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The deck on one end is a mere 6” step up up while the other end as shown in one pic is a couple of steps high.
There were two really fun parts of the project.
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One was laying the flooring. As seen in one pic I have a center support I-beam toward which I angle the flooring. Then in the middle area I have the decking go straight across, side-to-side but I built in planter boxes on each of the ousides. Then on the far side of that side-to-side decking I reversed angled boards. I still have them point inward toward the center I-beam but also inward once again away from the center of the deck and point toward the end.
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The other really fun part was building the overhead joists. I designed the end of the joists and cut each one using a jigsaw. The joist sits on a crossing beam and is slightly
notched to provide better balance.
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All the other fancy woodworking such as the balusters and step posts are store bought, along with the lattice work. But all other cuts and trimming are mine… including the yards and yards of 1×4 slat work comprising the canopy. The canopy boards are angled as the run from one end of the deck to the other so that they maintain the ‘shape’ of the deck flooring. I tried to show that in one of the pics.
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Hope y’all like it.
