What sort of footings did you use for the lean-to uprights?
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What sort of footings did you use for the lean-to uprights?
They are attached to the deck frame with metal stand offs sitting on slabs
Excellent work btw.....I was thinking of building something similar at the back door of my house.....whats the noise level like when it rains on the plastic roof?....just my bedroom is at the back and im a light sleeper. :)
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Originally Posted by Barry
Booo :(
;)
Loud if you are standing over it Mother, but couldn't really hear much inside, it's only 100 mile away g8ina!
OK, so the load is spread over the decking frame. I guess that is one of the reasons for going polycarbonate rather than glass, to keep the weight down?Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
No, the deck is not supporting any weight at all, the posts are sitting on standoffs, the whole deck is supported by 2" slabs with a base of 2" concrete under that)
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The reason behind the polycarbonate was cost, strength, weight and ease of use.
The cost was £106 for the 3 sheets (1250x2 and 1045x1) glass would be a expensive option, around £300 for 8mm toughened
Its very light weigh at only 16KG for all 3 sheets and it's very easy to work with and you can use a table saw to cut it
Just got small things to do now
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LED flood light up
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The reflection off the roof from the lights in the deck
Really professional looking jobbie, great pictures also. Good to see a project like this- 'i'm feelin inspired'.:)
If you want Toughened Glass you can try these companies in the North:
Impact Safety Glass (Liverpool way)
Kwiktuf (Hull)
CT Glass (Bradford)
We pay a business rate of about £12/m2 for 6mm toughened, 8mm I think is around £18/m2
However I would have thought 6.4 / 8.8 laminated would have been better for a roof above your head! Toughened glass will just crack and propagate if something hits it, or is experiences stress through heat expansion and no tolerance around it's edges.
OK - thanks! Just wondered! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Only a tool would not make sure the foundations were solid :p
Did some work on the step up, replaced a few of the boards with new bits and completely rebuilt the small box part that's hiding the water meter.
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Indeed, just wasn't obvious from the earlier photos!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Great job though!
Now all the fun is over it's time for the bit no one likes - clean up
Because the deck have been down a while loads of crap has collected underneath it so I'm going to lift the boards and give it a good clean tighten everything up replace broke or damage screws
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3 boards lifed and you can see the state of it underneath, already found 2 pens, a pencil, a router bit and 20p! :D
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Nice work, great thread!
I'm always a bit worried about the crap underneath the decking, there must be a huge amount of dead plant-life under mine... and sooner or later someone will dump a cigarette or something through the gaps and then I presume the whole damn lot will go up. :eek:
Does the cleaner actually work well? I've just used the water-blast approach so far, and if nothing else it's amusing.
Been out all day and have just started cleaning, just put the cleaner on and need to give it 15 minutes to work before I can fire up the pressure washer.
I found that all the crap that was built up under deck was wet so not much chance of that catching fire.
So cleaning has started
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Proper deck cleaning kit is always a good option
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30 minutes or so later...
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Not perfect but you wouldn't expect it to be, I'll do a second wash tomorrow and leaver the cleaner on for abit longer to see if I can get it any better but all in I am very happy with the result.