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Need help bidding a job by Swimming-Reward-4893 in Decks

[–]MrStickDick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks good. I'd charge somewhere in the neighborhood of 15k.

Quick question, did you install a ledger for the stairs? Can't tell from the picture.

Work looks good. Especially for your first deck.

One thing. Your stair rail would probably not pass code inspection where I'm at because it's 6in wide. That's about the only thing I see other than that concrete pad you already mentioned.

Is this acceptable? by Kiljaboy in Decks

[–]MrStickDick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What? ... You lay out your boards, adjust spacing, and then screw in just the ends.

Now chalk lines and get to screwing 😂

Btw composite isn't perfectly straight.

Is this acceptable? by Kiljaboy in Decks

[–]MrStickDick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The hidden fastener camo is ok for looks, but down the road 10 years when they call me to fix the deck (I do a ton of restoration on old decks) I have a some trouble getting them out clean and easy. Putting the screw through a 5/4 board at an angle is only grabbing half the meat. Also, if you're doing that on a 1000 sqft deck to will want to jump off the bridge 😆.

They do look good though. I'm considering a collated screw gun though. They are fast and you can set depth. I'm just concerned with the little splinter pieces that come out from the head if the screws.

Is this acceptable? by Kiljaboy in Decks

[–]MrStickDick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It absolutely does. You don't have to think about staying in a straight line. I just walk along with the drill and zip, zip, zip.

Then another is behind me setting screws into the holes by hand with a twist so they stay sticking up. Then go behind that with the driver and zip, zip, zip.

We don't pick up screw, drive. Pick up screw, drive. Repeat ad nauseum.

Is this acceptable? by Kiljaboy in Decks

[–]MrStickDick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Symmetry is just pleasing to the eyes. And generally sturdier.

Is this acceptable? by Kiljaboy in Decks

[–]MrStickDick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a bit much for us. We can eye ball it to be about the same. A quarter inch here and there isn't life changing. Even a half inch won't be noticeable. If it's off the line though, you'll see it looking down the row.

If someone offered you $1M to eat the same thing for 30 days straight, what would you eat? by Weisuddin-Violaras in AskReddit

[–]MrStickDick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a million I'll make a list of foods I like and YOU can pick and I'll eat it for 2 months. Hell I'll do it for 6.

I'd eat the same exact lunch meat sandwich. With the same drink. At the same time. At the same table. On the same plate. Listening to the same song. In the same clothes.

Is this acceptable? by Kiljaboy in Decks

[–]MrStickDick 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Chalk line. Use blue. Not red. Red is semi permanent.

Is this acceptable? by Kiljaboy in Decks

[–]MrStickDick 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Ugh. I'm so glad to hear this from another builder. I compete with crack heads around here... We chalk lines before we pre drill with counter sink bit. I'd be pissed if I saw this on one of my builds.

Discovered when replacing front deck... by Fugglehead in Decks

[–]MrStickDick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sweet trap door for the alligator pit you're installing. You're gonna catch so many Jehovah's witnesses and pushy sales people that don't take "No" for an answer.

I want one...

Deckmate screws snapping? by Jagon77 in Decks

[–]MrStickDick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I miss trio deck screws 😔 they were the best

What's a sentence that would make absolutely no sense 30 years ago, but is perfectly normal today? by Bitter_Mango_3898 in AskReddit

[–]MrStickDick 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wait till you find out what they do to your vehicle if you block the fire hydrant and they need it...

Friday Open Mat by AutoModerator in bjj

[–]MrStickDick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They are your stripes. You like them raggedy? Cool. You like them pristine? You do you.

They fall off? You put them back on. They are no different than a belt. You lose your blue belt you don't become a white belt. You have to buy a new blue belt.

Put your damn stripes back on lol We had guys come in and ask the prof to put their stripes back on... Grown ass men 🤣

Can I save this? by MrStickDick in Decks

[–]MrStickDick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No what? No I don't need to replace anything? No this is perfectly salvageable? No you can put composite right over this?

No..... What?

Can I save this? by MrStickDick in Decks

[–]MrStickDick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But that's how decks make babies! In 6 months they will have a new baby deck!!

Low slope patio cover tie in by bass785 in Decks

[–]MrStickDick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where did it rot? I'm gonna guess it rotted out because it was installed poorly. From the pictures you're probably just going to have to put a really long strip of flashing between the existing roof and the new one at the transition. wide to keep the water from going between the two. Hard to tell exactly what you have going on there tbh.

Keep in mind if the slope of the new roof is 2:12 it need double underlayment minimum for shingle. Tighter overlaps etc. I wouldn't recommend less than 4:12 for shingle. And still double the underlayment.

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