Frame the Deck Structure

So, they're protecting their own butt. So Frankie, we've got a double frame around the outside. Again, when I say again, we've done this in other videos, in case you haven't seen another video. This is how Frankie makes his ends instead of just having them butt two ends butt up. He overlaps them like that. Gives them better strength. Yep. So, if you want to see a finished end over here, you can actually see exactly how he does that. Now, the exterior always has to be double framed. So, everything gets a joist hanger on this run. Yeah. On both sides. Both sides. Yeah. All right, guys. So, when you're hanging your joist, you got to make sure that everything matches up. We want to make sure that our boards or joists are actually not crooked. So, we actually mark a square line all the way around them. So, once we know we're set, then we can put the joist hanger in place. Now, it gets to be a little tricky if you're working by yourself to get your wood in place, to get your joist hanger up, and then to get it screwed in place and to keep everything stable cuz they just don't have three hands. So, one of the tricks that seems to work pretty good is you take your joist hanger and just give it a little bit of a squeeze. Then when you pop it up, it'll stay without you having to screw around with it. [Music] There you go. Uh, hey Frankie, we're picture framing this deck because we're using composite wood. Can you actually build one of these decks without picture framing them? I don't see why not. if you ain't scared of if you ain't scared of looking at your ends. So, what Frankie's actually talking about is when you're working with composite. So, you got a finished side here, but look at the end. The end is not finished the same as the top. And so, the only way to hide that is by picture framing it down here. So, you can see by bringing these two together, then we run our boards into it. You can never see any exposed sides. So there's actually with using composite, there's a few more steps involved because picture framing takes longer. So if you're in a rush to get your deck done, I wouldn't say that this is the way to go. But if you're not in a rush, if you want good you want to use good material, then you'd use this stuff. I mean, cuz this is this is the best stuff I've ever ever felt for your feet, period. Hands down. Now, here's a question. Doesn't just using moisture shield because you have to hide the screws add a little bit of time? No, it adds a lot of time.…