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Originally Posted by biosurfer1
16" centers, the original deck was 24". If frame would have been salvageable, I would have just replaced the deck boards but the more I got into it, the worse it was. I'm certainly no expert in deck building but even I could see they cut as many corners as possible on the original build.
I'm using a Brazilian hardwood (Tigerwood). I already setup a test with an 8 ft. board over joists at 12, 16, and 24" to make sure it would work. At 24" there was a tiny amount of bounce/flex, at 16 and 12 it was completely solid, even with my fat a$$ jumping on it.
I tried out Tigerwood, Ipe, and Cumaru. I havent been wood working long but it is simply crazy how dense and heavy these south american hardwoods are.
The slope of the joists/decking worked out just like I calculated. I ran the calcs to make sure it would work out, but it's still a little surprising when it actually does  |
Ok, as long as you think it will be solid. I didn't want you to get all the decking down and get sea sick every time you walked across it because it bounced so much.