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10x8 6 person spa deck

I think I might be over-engineering this but I live in CT and I'm also worried about snow weight. Adding a 8x10 deck attached to existing deck, 2x10's

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Hot tub weight

I won an inflatable 6 person inter hot tub. I have a large deck. 12x 20 on both sides of the house. With a header to the house and the deck was built 6

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Deck around a swim spa

I'm putting a swim spa into an inground concrete bunker and will build a deck around it. I have been advised to keep the deck joists a minimum of 6 inches

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concrete pool deck - will it adhere and what is the expected life

concrete pool deck - will it adhere and what is the expected life

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Titan Post Footer Spacing

I am installing a 27ft above ground pool. Can I use these device with a spacing of 6 1/2' to 7 1/2 ft using 6X6 posts? Also my frost line is 30 so was

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Adding a joist to make it a double joist across beam

I want to center a hot tub over a deck beam sitting on concrete pillars. A structural engineer has suggested adding a joist to make it a double joist in

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Enough to support a hot tub?

I am building a freestanding, 8' x 8' deck to support a hot tub. The hot tub will weigh 4,100 pounds when it's full of water. I did use your footing calculator

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No wait finishing of hot tub deck

I am building some redwood deck around a new hot tub at my Airbnb. Everybody says you have to let wood dry before you can successfully stain it. This

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Hot Tub on a high Deck

I am wanting to put a hot tub on a second story deck above the 1st story deck. The height above ground is approximately 12 feet. The hot tub manufacture

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spa on deck

my deck is 12 x 20 with the joists on 16 center nial to 4 x post that are 4 feet apart

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