Timber Frame Deck Raising Tutorial Series (14x8 Deck Final Episode 7)

We're finally able to get our 14 by 8 deck hopefully installed today. It's probably been almost three weeks since that snowstorm and we've had all our lumber stacked in our truck. But Jay right now is actually prepping this beam to accept some bolts. I know, I know timber framers, but this is an afterthought and we're actually doing an add-on deck. So what we're going to actually do is brace this up in the air and we know we're going to bolt this into the main structure of the house. Oh, the center needs to go that way. I'm going to pick it up. I'm going to pick it up and move it. You want me to swing it? Just hold that rope in. The higher you go, the easier it will be on you. What? It started sucking in, right? It went right into the braces. I'm nowhere near tight either. Can you check that? Look at that. You see that? Boom. Boom. Nice, nice, nice, nice. I went to mad class. We got to get this. Nice, nice. On the outside, too. On the outside, Jay. All right, let's grab the braces. The braces. So that's B post. Yeah. The joints still fit good. I don't know if we should just sling them. Yeah. All right, let's go. I got it. You can see right in there how tight the pockets are. You can see it. I know you can. You got to go this way. This guy. Equalizer. There we go. Pretty close. Barely close. They're going to be there. Let's do that other one, then we'll pin them. Okay, go ahead if you want to. Got it. Well, the new pins fit perfect, Jay. Really? Yeah. This is our solid. I'm not even sure what material that is. My cousin made that for me, but it's a hell of a damn hammer. Let me know when I'm coming. Now, endless supply of pins, which used to be a nightmare. Trying to keep up with them on the lathe. You could probably even sand that thing out now while it's down here, as opposed to being ten feet in the air. Damn it, they fit perfect. White oak. Always use white oak. Not to say that red oak's not bad. You can't tell the difference when you're doing it between white oak and chestnut oak. I mean, if you come in here, other than them not being stained, these are white oak pins. Chestnut oak. Once we put the stain on them, who's going to know? But they're stronger, more durable, bug resistant, especially for outdoors. Think about that when you're doing a deck. Drawing in. Like I said, we've already had this together in place. Okay? I'm going to go on with her. That's us. Yep. Yep, you can hammer drill that thing. And then this one. All right, all right. We've got our whole frame put together. Jay's actually hooking up the last of the rigging so that we can swing her in place for the night. And then we put in our high-density plastic plates. You cannot forget to do this. On any one of the bottom of the plates where it touches concrete, we use a half-inch high-density plate. You can pretty much get them anywhere. I make my own. Don't forget there and there. But water damage will happen. But you see, we're completely waxed. Our pins are ready to go. We're going to let her fly. All right. Yep. Can you grab me a pin? If you want to cut these two inches, I'll set them right now. Yep. Perfect. Now, Jay's cutting the height. We just use our two, two-inch, two-by-four for a little template to keep everybody. And we leave all our pins out two inches just for decorative. So now all these cutoffs are good for second-stage pins. Now, you can actually see the difference in color here from here. It's because when I finish my pins, we actually run them, boil them through linseed oil, and then I leave them in my kiln. So every one of these has already been oiled, which makes them easier to slip in. But it also protects them, gives them some waterproofing. Thanks for the pins. Really ready to hang. Ready? It's pretty lined up. Line up, folks! Rotating. I'm going to try to get mine. No. Are you in? Could you check this one? To me, right? Rope down? Watch your fingers. Everybody watch your fingers. Okay. I've got those two-by-fours. Ooh, there's the deck frame. We need to get up there with a ladder, throw a two-by-four across that one, this one. We need to make sure that we're good. Good with it. So we can level it off. All right. There's the front frame. All we've got to do is drop our joists in, and she's done. We'll show you tomorrow.