Decks of the year - Floating Foundation Decks

Summer 2002

Day 7 (July 10th):
Today I have two helpers.

Here you can see the decking on the first three sections. It took a bit to figure out a process to cut the planks to fit each section and to assure that the planks for the next section would butt up tightly. But the time was well worth it! This effort will result in a very professionally looking custom deck.

We will need to add a support block between the inner most deck board on each section and the pool's perimeter to support folks weight should that area be stepped on.

As the decking material was added I continued to erect sections. Cross bracing these sections will follow later.

Looking good so far.

Day 8 (July 11th):
It became obvious yesterday that using 2"x6"x16' material was resulting in too much waste. We moved to 12' lengths.

We completed the erection of the final 5 or 6 sections.

After finishing the erection of the 16th section, we spent a bit of time discussing ideas for the design of the section that will encompass the pool's pump. We want to be sure that access to the top of the skimmer and to the in-line chemical cartridge will be easy. We also thought we needed to consider the seasonal task to removing the pump and filter for inside winter storage.

We finished the day by completing the cross bracing for the erected sections.

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