Here are some photos of my backyard with rough dimensions.
Needing help with how to end a deck from cemented posts in yard (at rear of house), to my back door. My trouble area is above the concrete. Should I place a ledger board on house slab under siding and extend deck into yard on posts? Or is there a way to not have to attach anything to the slab? Would also like it to run deck to the door to step out onto deck. From door threshold to cement slab is 6 inches. Not sure on best approach here. Thanks for any help.
Best Answer
I think your goal should be to have the deck a couple of inches below the bottom of the siding. If you use 2x6 joists, you'll need 5.5" plus the width of the decking, so you'll have to dig out the grass enough to get that depth.
There are two ways to deal with the concrete pad.
When I did my deck, I tore out the pad. It was a fair bit of work, but the deck was a lot easier to build.