Lines on
paper.
A 14′ × 10′ upper deck stepping down to 20′ × 20′. Nobody can picture it yet.
Posts and
beams.
15 6×6 posts on their bases, 5 built-up beams.
Rims and
44 joists.
2×8 at 16″, lapped over the beam. 86 blocks, each cut to its bay.
Four steps
down.
Stringers flush to the frame. The blanks are bought long and cut to the rise you measure.
Boards
down.
108 boards, joints staggered and every joint on a joist.
Wood rails.
Aluminum balusters.
27 posts inside the frame, one-piece caps, 243 balusters.
See it
built.
197 boards to buy, 8% of it offcut, and every cut on the job page.