Bit of a bump but I'm planning on building a deck this spring summer as well.
Mine is going to be attached to the house, about 18 feet long and 10 feet out from the house. It'll be less than 3 feet off the ground. I'm not exactly sure how to figure out where to put my post holes... I've read that the deck boards can overhang the support beam by 2 feet, so if I were to just measure out from my ledger by 8 feet would that be exact enough?
Also I'm looking around Home Depot's site for these post supports that I am Beast was talking about (digging in my area is NOT fun) and I can't find them... anybody know where they are on home depot's site?
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