"highflyr" wrote in message

construction wise...he's attaching the joists onto the ledger board and
the support beams rest on 4 deck blocks. that's it. the deck blocks
sit on the soil.


i'm not sure if this will suffice since floating decks typically use a
lot more deckblocs.

Answer depends on where you live and the frost line. He may be headed for
trouble down the road.