Hey all,

Iv got few questions about deck project me and some others are going to undertake hopefully!

Ok im moving into new place that has just been built. Now iv decided to add a deck to the back of the property. Now iv got budget so paying someone else to do it is out of the question. Basically the back of the house is 1.4m away from boulder wall. The property below the boulder wall is also my property which goes back about 8 m. Height of the boulder wall gets smaller to the left. Iv got pic i wipped up for demonstration (Its not to scale obviously).

Now im having posts over the wall obviously and heights for few of the posts are around 4m at the most. The ledger is being attached to the house slab (1 story house). From your own experinces is 2m gap acceptable for the support post? Espically considering a couple of post nearly 4m heigh?

Also for the posts ill be using some sort of hardwood. Is 6x6 big enough? or should i get bigger? What sizes do you suggest for the beam and joists ?

Iv got someone helping me who very experinced in building so construction should not be the issue im just wanna make sure post spacing is not too far apart. Any suggestions would be great!




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