Multi-Feature Curved Deck: Introduction
With a hot tub and an eye-catching graphic feature, this split-level cylindrical deck is a cut above the rest.
A dream deck doesn’t have to be huge. This beauty incorporates two cylindrical levels and curving, cascading stairs to make a deck that’s ideal for family lounging or big-time entertaining. Features include a hot tub, a railing equipped with buffet-type eating areas, skirting all around, and an eye-catching orca graphic that is inset into the decking.
Any deck design that abandons pointy corners and opts for rounded corners is going to be much more complicated to build. Everything—framing, decking, setting posts, and installing the stairs—requires a whirlwind of scribing, angled cuts, and convoluted fastening. The steps that follow in this chapter will show you everything involved in pulling it off.
The framing on this deck is pressure-treated lumber, with cut ends carefully painted with preservative. All fasteners and joints are sealed against moisture. The decking is PVC, as are the post covers, lattice, and railing—a color-true, long-lasting material just right for the kind of bending and shaping this deck required.
Framing for a Curved Deck
Piers, posts, beams, and ledgers support the joists on this two-level deck. On the lower level, the radius is a complete circle. On the larger, upper level, an arc of the circle is chopped where it joins the house.
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