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Frame with Notched Posts and Header Beams

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"Idiot Proof" Do it Yourself Deck Build - Step by Step Guide to Composite decks pt1

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What happens here

The deck framing begins by notching the installed 6x6 posts to allow header beams to rest directly on top, interlocking the structure for superior strength. The header beams are further secured with fasteners. For a large deck, multiple rows of support beams are used. The video shows a staggered cut in the header beams at corners, which locks the beams tightly together. This method enhances the deck's stability by creating an interlocked system where each post and beam supports and secures the others.

Goal: Construct a strong, interlocked deck frame using notched posts and header beams.

Tools and materials

  • 6x6 Pressure-Treated Posts — Supports that are notched, Circular Saw Echo
  • Fasteners — Securing beams to posts

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a titch off. We can adjust it up. What are you doing, Frankie? Just marking our uh where we're running now. It's our 6x6s. We put these up there to level across. Make sure we we were our inch and a quarter below our door sill. That way uh once we do our notching, we'll be below and everything's nice and level. Awesome. So Frankie has built hundreds of decks. And this is one of his favorite construction methods is he likes to notch the posts and then rests the header beams directly on top of them. And then also to secure the header beams onto the posts. You'll see that this interlocks every post and every beam together in a row. So notice here that

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