Deck/stair Addition
Oakley, Utah
This project originally belonged to another contractor. The owner fired him and by the time I got to this, it was a complete disaster! I'm surprised this thing didn't collapse. Deck wobbled if you barely pushed it, PRE CUT stair stringers were upside down-so the stair risers were now 11 inches, soffit work was ugly and dented, trex decking with miscalculations, deck handrail post were fastened with a couple of nails. I had to dig into my bag of tricks to save this one! How did I do?
What you will need
you don't wana know..
How to do this project
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![wn stringers](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-8845410-1581533056022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9NiZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU2l6ZT0z.jpg)
2 nails in handrails post, concrete post footing not fully cured, upside down stringers
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![](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-8845410-1581533056022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9OSZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU2l6ZT0z.jpg)
short j channel trimming, short soffit panels, tons of dents and scratches
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![ngs like this so I went out of my way and did some cover/finishing work and added solar lights](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-8845410-1581533056022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9MTImcmVuZGVyQ2xpcFNpemU9Mw==.jpg)
the before stair post was just two 3x6s nailed together. I can't ignore things like this so I went out of my way and did some cover/finishing work and added solar lights
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![](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-8845410-1581533056022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9MTUmcmVuZGVyQ2xpcFNpemU9Mw==.jpg)
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![pening from old to new deck](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-8845410-1581533056022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9MTgmcmVuZGVyQ2xpcFNpemU9Mw==.jpg)
fully restructured the stairs, put up wire mesh railings, knocked out the opening from old to new deck
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![](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-8845410-1581533056022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9MjEmcmVuZGVyQ2xpcFNpemU9Mw==.jpg)
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![](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-8845410-1581533056022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9MjQmcmVuZGVyQ2xpcFNpemU9Mw==.jpg)
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![](https://craftlog.global.ssl.fastly.net/m/ve/b64-8845410-1581533056022-b3B0aW1pemVGb3I9ZGVza3RvcGhoZCZsYW5ndWFnZVRhZz1lbi1VUyZyZW5kZXJDbGlwU3RhcnQ9MjcmcmVuZGVyQ2xpcFNpemU9Mw==.jpg)
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