95 - How to Build a Backyard Deck - Around an Above Ground Pool DIY Home Improvement

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4 жыл бұрын

This summer our girls wanted to add a deck to one side of the above ground pool. So, I thought this was a great opportunity to show them how to build one and to make a video. A couple of our Patreon supporters asked if we could make it a very detailed video, and that is want we did.
The techniques and methods used to build this free-standing deck around a pool are exactly the same for any backyard deck that you might want. If you choose to build one you should comply with any local building codes that you have.
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@94burb1 3 жыл бұрын

So you're the guy who taught my neighbor how to build a look tower into my backyard 😆

@ej5936 3 жыл бұрын

It's always good to see the entire crew (family) working on the project, thank you for all the tips and know-how about building a deck

@deannajayasinghe8620 4 жыл бұрын

This is a great video. Thanks! I love that it's a family project! I was blessed enough to have a father that taught me well too.

@kamac1980 4 жыл бұрын

You are really one of the best on KZfaq at clearly explaining and demonstrating your techniques with an exceptional attention to detail, it’s really a talent and I can only imagine how time consuming it makes a project like this. Also awesome to see how you include your children in your projects. Great to see a future generation taking an interest in building something!

@terrybollenbaugh7622 4 жыл бұрын

Fun build. Loved your teaching and the work you do with your family. The family bonds you build through your working with them and the love evident in your videos is absolutely priceless, You are teaching much more than woodworking to those who watch your videos James. Good job!!!

@mariah4451 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely jam packed with tips and instruction as usual. How lovely to see your daughters, the young man and your dog's all getting involved and doing such a fantastic job - you've taught them well 😀

@FrankCannonSr 4 жыл бұрын

Love seeing the family out there working together! Great job y'all

@Xiteg 4 жыл бұрын

Dude!!! This video is amazing!! Everything is well explained and thought out. I will be doing something similar next summer and I am just preparing now. Your video is super helpful and glad you got your family involved.

@johncromp8214 4 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the whole family being involved and keeping the project simple !

@johna.9742 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, love the fact that the kids get involved. Of course I have watched them assist in other shop projects that you have done. They are becoming very talented young ladies.

@patmash 4 жыл бұрын

Truly enjoyed this video. Thank you James and family.

@kimdavis3835 4 жыл бұрын

I love those cordless power tools. Thanks for mentioning that the lumber is PT.

@TeamProsperity 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely done guys 👍 Awesome family project, looks really great. Have fun now

@the_crafty_studio_official 4 жыл бұрын

Sunday morning on the porch with Coffee and James doesnt get any better! So timely getting ready to do a floating deck in the middle of my yard. Awesome James

@mikecangelosi3417 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, he slept over your house too? I thought he only granted me that privilege....I suggest making pancakes.

@4skinnz 4 жыл бұрын

This video is incredibly detailed! Thank you so much!

@barstad-9591 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome family build! Thanks Kings.

@kathleengilmore2509 2 жыл бұрын

I like how right off the bat he's telling you about different builds for different climates so armatures like myself don't get overwhelmed by unnecessary steps

@budoray 4 жыл бұрын

Filling the gaps with swim noodles. Brilliant.

@robertodavanzo5711 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work...great to see a family working together

@Lowbrow_Mthakathi 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome timing, helping my brother-in-law put in a deck with sunken Jacuzzi. Thank you, much love from Cape Town, South Africa.

@KingsFineWoodworking 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Graham, thanks for watching!!

@jesterraj 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see your girls involve.....they look like they really like it...

@Nick-yh6cp 3 жыл бұрын

man i really wanted to build a small deck this spring for my pool but in my head it was much simpler lmao

@rchavez5056 4 жыл бұрын

Great job and detailed video. Great to see the kids involved. That doesn't happen much now a days. Not only do they help but possibly learn something that they can use in their future. 👍👍👍👍👍

@deathy17 4 жыл бұрын

Really nice job,super informative thanks for taking the time to make the video!!

@pareyes72 2 жыл бұрын

Is Great you have the whole family working, teaching.

@isachanel2605 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are the best . and dad is good explaining the process . im gonna try to build one base on your

@radek5690 4 жыл бұрын

Great family project! Thanks. 😁

@bigjim1408 4 жыл бұрын

Love the work you and your family do....

@bababooey1266 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job! Doing one soon! It’s great your family is out there.

@mike60169 Жыл бұрын

Your video details made it look so simple. Now I have the confidence to start my project. Great team you have!

@SCWD_US 4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your time in making this. Great job to all the family!

@yosef8138 4 жыл бұрын

חינוך ובטחון לילדים והכי עבודה והסבר מושלם . אבא מושלם

@glenngoodale1709 4 жыл бұрын

love that Lil dog !

@andylopez3763 4 жыл бұрын

Howdy from Big Spring Texas, I love your family and the knowledge you share is muy bueno. Im Andy and love cutting wood but no fingers. May God protect and guard you from any bad things. May he bless you and your family with love, joy, and good health. Adios mi amigo.

@jeevespreston 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, your work and videos are so well thought out and described. It's great how you involve the whole family, too, good learning experience for everyone!

@mikegliebe3366 4 жыл бұрын

For a minute I thought I was watching “This Old House”. Great video James.

@woohunter1 3 жыл бұрын

Very well explained, thanks for doing this, turned out great.

@williamellis8993 4 жыл бұрын

It's interesting to see other people's version of how this is done. Thanks for sharing. Even if I never build a deck, I come away with new ideas even though I am an experienced woodworker.

@smithsoncreationshandcraft5770 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome guys !! Very impressed!!

@yunak9665 4 жыл бұрын

You are a very good teacher. Great video!

@nephewsque6751 4 жыл бұрын

Great looking deck. Its great you are teaching you kids

@eddiestipe2009 4 жыл бұрын

👍😊this project is looking good.

@debrablackwood497 2 жыл бұрын

Enjoy watching how to construct the pool deck. I saved this to show my husband. Thank you for the great video!!

@KingsFineWoodworking 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@dddriller1 4 жыл бұрын

its fun to have family work with you your a good teacher :)

@NASTYcraftX 4 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this one guys.

@tofou9726 4 жыл бұрын

Salut la famille,beau projet et encore une très bonne vidéo,merci,à bientôt.

@Jmunoz1675 Жыл бұрын

Wow, this was such a great video. Thanks buddy

@SCRAPWOODTOCRAFTWOOD 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video as always james

@navbadal5354 4 жыл бұрын

love to have deck like this around my swimming pool area

@nigelmtb 4 жыл бұрын

Ha! I bought that exact pool quite recently!! Now I know what to put around it. Not sure it will get much use here in December... In England...

@cupcakeluverz 4 жыл бұрын

Love this video. Makes me want to build a deck onto the front porch. @ 13:21 I kept pausing and rewinding because I thought my dogs were outside barking.

@zolitariglussey6302 4 жыл бұрын

then put on your Daisy Duke Shorts and Do It!!!!!

@jimcooney9019 4 жыл бұрын

very nice thanks for sharing the video

@andrewpowell6457 4 жыл бұрын

Yay a video now Grandpa get on to making those cribs for the new Granddaughters !!

@KingsFineWoodworking 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Andrew, yes indeed!

@slikrik6098 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing you all did great, fixing to do one myself around our pool. New sub here bell is ON.

@danieljoye2486 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing job

@MrGiancarlos83 4 жыл бұрын

nice video!!! and thank you so much for sharing big dad

@hassanal-mosawi6049 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that

@mohamednabulsi3533 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you So much

@tonyioannoni4951 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video, I thought woodworkers did not like this kind of "woodworking" enough to post a video of it, it might not be fine woodworking, but these days that's what I am doing, a couples of years back I built one for my sister, it was half inch above the pool, all around the 28 feet diameter above ground pool, this summer I decided to build a deck on one side of the house and a bit past the corner, about 42 feets total, and 8 feet wide, now this project has one requirement, nothing is new, every material used has to be recycled-recovered-reclaimed material, because it's 42 inches high, i built wood buggies with reclaimed wood and reclaimed lawnmowers wheels, so I could unload the stuff in my garage/workshop, and reclaim a lot of real estate in my garage for tools, workbench and workspace...I will then build a solarium with all reclaimed 12 years old windows...you have to use a lot of imagination and a lot of problem solving if you want to use reclaimed stuff....By the way, were you out of Titebond III....I did not see you use any?!?!?!?

@lokanesiungounga1004 Жыл бұрын

My man thank you bro 🙏

@mrzif0013 4 жыл бұрын

what a great fined for me. just a little late for my deck build.. i wondering why i plaed my beams on top of the psot vs your nailiing/screwing onto the side of the post.. great helpful vidoe, thans..

@IsraeliFisherman 2 жыл бұрын

Best video

@ikeo8666 3 жыл бұрын

a permanent deck for a temporary pool. nice job on the video though very clear

@teresawhitefield9354 3 жыл бұрын

Omg you video was great we built are deck from watching you video I watched about 10000 video before we started in your video was the one we used all the other ones just talked way too much you explain very well and didn't ramble on n on so Thank you so much also YOUR GIRLS are awesome.

@OlKutty Жыл бұрын

I’ve watched tons of deck building videos, and yours finally explained the angled boards up against the pool. Everyone else skips that part. About to build my first deck ever and was just nervous about it. My other concern is why you wouldn’t use hurricane ties along the joists. Toe-screwing them is plenty of strength? Thank you and your whole crew is awesome!

@brettm1118 4 жыл бұрын

Did you photobomb right around 10:05? Looks like Sai has become the teacher 😀

@erddolbow7771 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video this will be my first deck. I like your plans one question I see you had over hang on back side of deck why not widen the space between cason holes (beams) ?

@NYWoodworker 4 жыл бұрын

One comment I would make is that I would have either notched the support posts or rest the joist on top of each post. A much stronger support approach than using screws or nails. Having said that, I am sure that the screws/nails alone will, more than likely, be sufficient. Either way I am a fan of your videos. Not sure what I like more, your build videos or that your kids work with you. All about the family!

@esixx17 4 жыл бұрын

We had an inspector give us grief about notching a post. had to add more blocking to make him happy. Told us not not to notch them anymore.

@ianlujan2896 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone else love these girls! Wow! Truly blessed sir!

@t-bone7782 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video.. very well done. How long after pouring the concrete in the holes did you wait before putting the posts on them? Over night? Full 24 hrs?

@mmtenyakov 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video! Thank you! I have a question. the pool that I have is an intext 32x16 above ground and the sides bulge out a lot more on that pull. I see that since your pool's wall are pretty much vertical you can come up really close to them with the boards. How would you recommend doing it for me? I'm afraid if i come up too close with the board that the liner will somehow get poked by accident.

@Sokeresa 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome project! I'm wondering, why didn't you use Sketchup for this project and get all your dimensions before hand?

@sterlingolive2954 4 жыл бұрын

Would it be possible to get a material list for this project? I didn’t see it in the description

@dalesona5972 4 жыл бұрын

What size beams did you use? 2x8 , 2x10, 2x12? Great video!

@wheretonow3106 4 жыл бұрын

Simpson doesn't "give" you those washers. Great video.

@zifnab6824 4 жыл бұрын

there is a much easier way to install the posts on the cement. if you install (bolt down) the bottom of the simpson post base then the spacer, then nail the post on top of the spacer it goes quicker and you can still nail the post base on at an angle.

@joseacruz4515 4 жыл бұрын

G00d

@philippendlebury4518 Жыл бұрын

Hi James. It's Phil - First Wood - again from the UK. You may remember I ordered plans for your Adirondack chairs previously. Credit where credit's due your videos are very well put together and most informative and congratulations on that. Best wishes Phil

@KingsFineWoodworking Жыл бұрын

Thank you. That’s very kind

@MikelNaUsaCom 4 жыл бұрын

nice job... please note - continuous contact only applies if you don't cut pressure treated wood... once it's cut, that part is no longer protected... =D

@irvinwittmeier5208 4 жыл бұрын

Unless you purchase the paint on treatment for your cuts because who uses a bord that is not cut in some way

@dc5723 4 жыл бұрын

What kind of treated lumber did you use? Hi-Bor or Copper Azole (ground contact rated)?

@zolatanaffa87 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent construction. take away a curiosity, do you live in an area with a dry climate? Here in the Po valley we have a fairly high humidity and I think that your plant itself would have a much shorter life, especially the supports that connect the poles to the concrete bases. Did I understand that the wood you used is red cedar, is treated with special impregnating agents or is it natural? thanks for your answers and see you at the next episode :-)

@jamieofalltrades536 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video, thanks! However the advice about , the less water you add to concrete the stronger it is. That's not necessarily true, because typically you want a ratio of about .33 to .40 W/C (water to concrete). To put it into simpler terms 33 to 40 LBS of water for each 100 LBS of cement to obtain maximum strength. At a ratio of .33 C/W you should achieve approximately 7000 PSI , or @ .40 C/W 6000 PSI compressive strength respectively after about 30 days of cure time.

@quicknews2452 2 жыл бұрын

At 13.46 i was like OMG if that catches her leg..

@MrHf4l Жыл бұрын

I really want to see a bio video of you. How did you learn everything that you make look so easy?

@bartolomejdano 4 жыл бұрын

Kalap dole !!! vedia pracovat ale vsetci nadvaha 50 a viac %

@dtimboggs 4 жыл бұрын

If you put the joists to the inside of the 16 inch mark, are you not 15 1/4 inches on center?

@geraldeidson 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have a set of plans? Or what is the measurements of the boards?

@omarmendez2309 4 жыл бұрын

Hello . what type of wood did u use

@dannydodge7191 3 жыл бұрын

Hello James and the Kings Fine Woodworking Family. I am about to embark on a deck build myself. Thank you for the great tutorial. What is the wood you used. You mentioned it’s not a premium grade just a red tone. Is it cedar? I would love to use the same red tone wood

@KingsFineWoodworking 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I bought the redwood toned pressure treated lumber from Home Depot.

@miguelf1699 Жыл бұрын

What’s the angle that you used to cut the wood boards on top of the deck around the pool (floor deck)

@TC-to9jh 3 жыл бұрын

👍🏻

@isaacwakefield3067 3 жыл бұрын

What size posts and joists did you use

@philippendlebury4518 Жыл бұрын

BTW what sort of timber did you use for this decking project

@lorimunn9403 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice work and dad awards for getting family to help with work but why not flush the deck to the pool?

@chattahoocheeroleplay5018 3 жыл бұрын

How would I do this for to go around the pool ?

@that_guy_right_there_2945 4 жыл бұрын

Nice build

@KingsFineWoodworking 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@blanketyblankblankety Жыл бұрын

I don’t see a plan or supplies list for this bulld😊 is there a location to find it?

@sierranights9961 2 жыл бұрын

What are the different types and lengths of wood did you use

@devertonfearon7681 3 жыл бұрын

Hello do you have to get a permit for your deck

@thorefiedermann1769 4 жыл бұрын

What the hell is your daughter doing at minute 13:45? Lucky that she was not hit by the saw blade! No matter the defiance: Again a nice project that I can imagine for myself. Love your videos. Greatings from germany.

@Rufio6814 4 жыл бұрын

Since you've built so many decks, I have a question for you. How do you feel about framing the decking boards in a square with mitered corners (if that makes sense). Is there any difference besides asthetics? Drainage wise since it goes tight against the grain ends.