Had mentioned in the spring that I wanted to get a new Trex deck and now
work is in progress. County code is very strict and I am seeing
complexities of complying.

Old deck was removed over the weekend but new one must sit on concrete
footers 3 feet deep. They are currently drilling through concrete patio
with difficulty. Deck sits over the patio and there must be six post
holes dug. Old deck had sat nearly 45 years on the patio with no
settlement. PITA but those are the rules. Frost line is nowhere near
that deep and well digger told me there has been hardly any ground
freeze for several years.

They must send photos of the holes to county for approval and inspector
will inspect final installation.

One good requirement demanded by the county is that old deck material
must be removed the same day. My next door neighbor and a friend of his
resurfaced neighbor up the street with composite and it took over a
month and then there were boards in his driveway for 2 more weeks. DYI
with neighbor would have saved a bundle but there would be aggravation
to pay for it.

In article , "frank says...

Had mentioned in the spring that I wanted to get a new Trex deck and now
work is in progress. County code is very strict and I am seeing
complexities of complying.

Old deck was removed over the weekend but new one must sit on concrete
footers 3 feet deep. They are currently drilling through concrete patio
with difficulty. Deck sits over the patio and there must be six post
holes dug. Old deck had sat nearly 45 years on the patio with no
settlement. PITA but those are the rules. Frost line is nowhere near
that deep and well digger told me there has been hardly any ground
freeze for several years.

They must send photos of the holes to county for approval and inspector
will inspect final installation.

One good requirement demanded by the county is that old deck material
must be removed the same day. My next door neighbor and a friend of his
resurfaced neighbor up the street with composite and it took over a
month and then there were boards in his driveway for 2 more weeks. DYI
with neighbor would have saved a bundle but there would be aggravation
to pay for it.

Maybe you should have just put in for repair work and repaired the whole
thing with the new one.

On 10/2/2017 1:53 PM, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article , "frank says...

Had mentioned in the spring that I wanted to get a new Trex deck and now
work is in progress. County code is very strict and I am seeing
complexities of complying.

Old deck was removed over the weekend but new one must sit on concrete
footers 3 feet deep. They are currently drilling through concrete patio
with difficulty. Deck sits over the patio and there must be six post
holes dug. Old deck had sat nearly 45 years on the patio with no
settlement. PITA but those are the rules. Frost line is nowhere near
that deep and well digger told me there has been hardly any ground
freeze for several years.

They must send photos of the holes to county for approval and inspector
will inspect final installation.

One good requirement demanded by the county is that old deck material
must be removed the same day. My next door neighbor and a friend of his
resurfaced neighbor up the street with composite and it took over a
month and then there were boards in his driveway for 2 more weeks. DYI
with neighbor would have saved a bundle but there would be aggravation
to pay for it.

Maybe you should have just put in for repair work and repaired the whole
thing with the new one.


It could have been done like that but then it would not be up to current
code. Biggest cost is cost of materials for Trex. A new wooden one
would probably be half as much. That is what is going on next door with
house getting flipped. It is the third deck on that house in 40+ years
and twice the size of mine.

On Mon, 2 Oct 2017 12:50:27 -0400, Frank "frank wrote:

Had mentioned in the spring that I wanted to get a new Trex deck and now
work is in progress. County code is very strict and I am seeing
complexities of complying.

Old deck was removed over the weekend but new one must sit on concrete
footers 3 feet deep. They are currently drilling through concrete patio
with difficulty. Deck sits over the patio and there must be six post
holes dug. Old deck had sat nearly 45 years on the patio with no
settlement. PITA but those are the rules. Frost line is nowhere near
that deep and well digger told me there has been hardly any ground
freeze for several years.

They must send photos of the holes to county for approval and inspector
will inspect final installation.

One good requirement demanded by the county is that old deck material
must be removed the same day. My next door neighbor and a friend of his
resurfaced neighbor up the street with composite and it took over a
month and then there were boards in his driveway for 2 more weeks. DYI
with neighbor would have saved a bundle but there would be aggravation
to pay for it.

Bubba and I built the roof over my patio. With just a yellow page
legal sized paper with a sketch, at the permit office, they gave
footer size (and more) and then issued us the permits. Printed us out
architectural drawings of what was minimum code. Patio
roof/electrical.

I doubled the size, depth of the footers (desert hard pan) for three
columns and used larger lumber and extra strong ties. They hold a 24'
4X8 LAM beam and Spanish barrel style tile. I have a bad streak in me
thinking more is better. Another guy came in for the stucco. Damn nice
work.