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Originally Posted by johnco
2x10's? man you guys go overboard with everything. I've built several decks and worked under twice as many. every one was built with 4x4 posts, 2x6 framing and 2x6 decking. the biggest problem with changing the liner is the joists right closest to the rail. always too close to remove screws, too close to pull liner over the wall... even if you remove decking.. keep it back several inches from rail and you still have more than enough support for deck
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There's how they get away with 2x6 joists and most likely running short spans or a longer span with a supporting center beam with no unsupported span of more than 8 feet. My deck is going to be 22'long and somewhat wrap around. I'll have my long rim band at 22 feet then I've got about 5 joists that will be 20' long with the shortest length being about 14 feet. A 2x6 with a 5/4 (don't ask me why they call it that)x6 would bounce and feel a little "spongy" as would a 2x6 with a 2x6 deck board even if you put a support under it. BTW, I'm still putting a 2x6 support beam under the 2x10 floor structure so my longest unsupported span is only 10 feet. I only want to build this once or really I don't want to build it at all but have no choice because I'm too cheap to pay someone to build it and too picky to have someone build it too.
Thanks for your help!