Building A Floating Deck On Water

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Building a floating deck on water.

If you live on a lake or near a body of water then this diy floating dock can be very useful. In the steps outlined in this diy floating deck example we reference a deck situated on concrete blocks which raises the deck for ventilation. It involves 4 empty barrels wood and some rope to build it. The footings and framing totaled 600 and the decking itself was 1000.

The 2 inch by 6 inch joists will rest on top of the blocks. Catch the whole thing start to finish right here. I m building a diy floating deck in my back yard. Here i will show you how i made a floating deck.

See below for a detailed description of construction under each picture. Cap blocks on paver base will support the step section. While a floating deck may appear to float above the grass this style of deck is actually built on a bed of gravel or on concrete blocks for stability. Planning layoutpart 2 that s here part 3.

But it is do able and you can save a lot of money by doing it yourself rather than hiring it out. This is by no mean a new instructable it was done before by timbtodd. How to build a floating deck. The total cost for this was almost exactly 1600 usd.

It should cost you under 200 dollars and take about 3 hours to construct yourself. Floating deck plan and layout the plan for this deck is to use paver base and concrete deck blocks for the foundation. In this post i cover all the details. The advantage of a floating deck is that it is possible to be moved to any location in the yard.

Building a deck is a lot of work and it isn t cheap. Trimming the deck edgepart 5.