Steven Mann Family Project

February, 2005

The Cantilever:
Because the Splash Pool bows out approximately one foot from the top edge to the bottom; we had a larger cantilever than recommended on the DekBrands standard plan. Blair from Dekbrands suggested the additional brace pictured above to provide support for this cantilever. This idea also satisfied the city inspector. Also to compensate for this cantilever, we made our sections 48” wide to allow for no more than 1/3 of the beam being part of the cantilever. We put one of these braces at each of the 24 inside posts.

Day 5:
On Day 5 we attached 2x6 deck boards to all sections. We put straight boards down on each section. This was a fairly simple task. We laid the boards down, marked a line using the outside edge of the outside rim board and then cut the board. We screwed each board down with 2 deck screws at each joist. We went with this layout of the deck boards because the inside edge of each board was going to be visible from the pool, because the deck is above the pool. We wanted to use uncut factory finished ends for a more uniform look.

Day 6:
We spent all of Day 6 cutting and assembling the triangle shaped deck boards at the intersection of each section. I was very happy with the aesthetic look of how these turned out. But I was surprised at what a long tedious process this turned out to be. By the end of day 6 we had a completed platform all the way around the pool.