Ken Moiarty wrote:
Chip wrote on 13 Jun 2005 12:40:13 -0700:


CC How thick exactly is this cedar,

It's 5/4.

CC and (very importantly) what's your joist spacing?

I intend to use 12" joist spacing.


Ken

I used the 5/4 cedar on mine with 16" spacing and it was fine. 12"
joist spacing should give an exceptionally solid feel, at least as far
as the planking is concerned. You also need to consider the rest of
the substructu joist spans, posts, and what the posts rest on.
There are plenty of books with guidelines on that if you're not already
familiar. The cedar is nice to work with and you can let it weather or
stain it, either way it should last a long time. You don't have to
worry if it's toxic when you kids drop their gummy bears on it then
pick'em up and eat'em.