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Wood decks and porches are a special feature of many new
houses and a useful addition to others. These features are
natural extensions of a raised floor's elevated platform.
Decks and porches provide more living and recreational space,
making them valuable amenities in the design of a new home
or remodeling project.
Use of pressure-treated lumber makes these outdoor structures
as permanent as the house itself. Supporting joists, posts,
porch flooring, and decking lumber must be properly grademarked
and identified as pressure-treated wood by quality-control agencies.
See Figure 6 and Figure
7 for wood deck and porch framing details, respectively.
More details on decks, porches, and other outdoor amenities
are found in Your
Decking Choice, Wood
Decks: Materials, Construction, and Finishing and the
Guide
to Southern Pine Porch Flooring available from the Southern
Pine Council. Also refer to Details for Conventional Wood
Frame Construction from the American Wood Council at www.awc.org.
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