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Originally Posted by RWebb
very nice!
how are those exterior posts anchored?
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They are bolted onto the deck support beam (under the planking), 2 mongo bolts each. No movement at all.
Below that pictured deck, I have a downstairs deck with redwood posts (done later). Those are also attached the same way but they sagged after a few years. The cable tension is strong and the wood is weaker and "gives" over time. The metal posts are much better for the job IMO. I would not do a cable job on wood posts again - you can use more hardware to terminate the cables and balance the load a bit (imagine a post being pulled from both sides?) but that stuff is pricey as hell, so you try to use only 2 posts for tensioning (one at each end) - that'll fail on wood eventually unless it's bolted like a bank safe. Not saying it's impossible, saying in my experience steel won that one and requires less hardware.
Also it's been 5y and the cables look perfect still, I never maintained them in any way. I like the view they provide, modern, boat like, way more open views as they disappear into the trees or whatever...