Lines on
paper.
This is what a quote usually comes with. Nobody can picture it, and nobody knows how many boards it is.
Posts. Beam.
Ledger.
Modelled from your measurements — or ours, if we came out with the scanner.
Frame
by frame.
Every joist at 16 inches. Every one counted, every one on the list.
Boards, rails,
stairs.
The part the homeowner actually looks at. Pick the colour. Watch it change.
See it
built.
Then the material list — down to the last board, so the yard order is right the first time.