How To Build A Picture Frame Deck

Install the picture frame border with the desired overhang.

How to build a picture frame deck. Many deck designers are incorporating a picture frame look where the outer edge of the deck is one two or three boards of the one color and the the field area of the deck is the other color. Building a picture frame deck right requires a bit more work but the end result is beautiful. Picture frame boards that run parallel to the joists require blocking between the joists at the edges of the deck for support figure 10. Keep in mind that miter joists are likely to separate at the inside corner because boards shrink more across their width than length.

Let harden for 24 hours. There should be at least 12 inches of solid concrete surrounding and completing your deck footing. To ensure that the decking is properly supported where the picture frame boards run parallel to the main deck joists you need to put in blocking. Space the blocking the same as the joists.

Also there will have to be a joist on each side of the deck to catch the ends of the field decking the inboard side of the blocking will be nailed to this joist. Construction adhesive biscuits and starting with dry wood are your best defense to stop this. Running a border around an angled corner. Install 2x4 material on top of the blocking around the perimeter of the deck for a fastening surface for the picture frame decking and to end fasten the field decking boards.