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Originally Posted by Clarkey
Help a brotha out with the dimensions, how do you have an L-shaped 10x24' deck?
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main deck area is 10x24' with a 4x8' "L" to it. So at the L, the total depth 14'. And yes, I suck at describing things.
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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
I used Dek-Block to build a 12x12 deck, and I am happy to report that even without tamping, gravel, or anything else, placed directly on settled ground, there has been zero heaving or movement after 4 years. Every spring I take out my level and check it, and it hasn't budged at all. I didn't secure the deck to my house - I placed the top boards so that there was about a quarter or 3/8 inch gap, and it's stayed +/- about a 1/8 inch in that time
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Glad to hear they worked for you, so where did you get your blocks?
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Originally Posted by Shazam
ACQ is finally cheap again. Cedar is tremendously expensive - I'm building a playset right now and ACQ is about 40% the cost of the cedar. Having said that I love cedar.
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I noticed this; I built a small border with some ACQ and was actually surprised that it didn't cost and arm+leg