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Originally Posted by VINMAN
Contact your towns building subcode official. Find out what HE requires. I work in a number of towns in my area, and I can get different requirements from different inspectors in the same town. It can be a nightmare.
They have really been cracking down on deck construction over the past few years. The building requirements and codes have been getting more and more stringent. I refuse to build or touch a customers deck without the proper permitting.
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Over in your neck of the woods too?
My neighbor had been begging me to rebuild their old deck and want to triple the size so they can have some great outdoor living space. The old deck is still structurally sound, but the deck boards are weathered from our sunny socal sun. The footings are no more then 24" deep about 8" wide and it hasn't moved an inch. This is hill side, so the building officials want, you ready, engineering and soil reports. I am OK with that. But my engineer warned me about the fact that caissons installation maybe be required due to stringent and new hillside building code. No real way to get equip back there. All that money for a deck is crazy?