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Kettlewick Decks

14 ft wide by 10 ft deep

$0 to $0

in pressure-treated, at sample prices. An estimate, not a quote.

Plan of the deck, seen from above, with the house wall along the top.

Kettlewick builds decks and fences in Brooklin, Ontario. Drag the plan to the size of yours and it counts the materials and a price range.

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Size

Half-foot steps, 6 to 24 ft wide and 6 to 20 ft deep. Or drag the round handles on the plan.

Material
Boards run
Height off the ground
Side view at the stairs.
Railing on
Stairs come off

7 steps down, worked out from the height.

What it takes

Counted for the deck on the plan. Every length is rounded up to what a lumber yard stocks.

Pick a line to find it on the plan.

Materials for this deck, with counts and sample costs
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Materials, at sample prices $0

Layout shown for counting materials. Sizes, spans and permits are confirmed by your builder under the Ontario Building Code.

The same deck, built

Every board, joist and post here is placed from the plan above, in real wood under a real sky. Drag to walk around it.

Building your deck

14 ft by 10 ft

Material
Light
Size
14 ft wide
10 ft deep

A picture to help you decide, not a construction drawing. The deck is generated from the count on this page. The wood, grass and sky are free public-domain materials from Poly Haven and ambientCG; the table, chairs and plant are free Poly Haven models.

This deck runs $0 to $0

In pressure-treated lumber, built, before HST. An estimate, not a quote.

Materials and labour make the low end.

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    How this is counted

    Boards

    5⅝″
    • A board covers 5⅝ inches, gap included.
    • Each row is rounded up to a stock length: 8, 10, 12, 14 or 16 ft.
    • A row longer than 16 ft is two boards that meet over a joist.
    • Diagonal rows are measured at 45 degrees, row by row.
    • Two screws wherever a board crosses a joist, sold in boxes of 500.

    Frame

    16″
    • Joists sit 16 inches apart, 12 under diagonal boards, with one at each end.
    • Joists always cross the boards, with a hanger at each end.
    • One beam line for every 8 ft the joists run. Each beam is two 2 × 10s.
    • A post and a footing every 8 ft along a beam, and one at each end.
    • Four 30 kg bags of concrete for each footing.

    Railing and stairs

    7½″
    • Only raised decks are counted with railing and stairs.
    • Railing comes in 6 ft sections with a post at each end. Corners share a post.
    • One step for every 7½ inches of height, rounded up.
    • Stairs are 4 ft wide on four stringers, each tread two boards deep.
    • The frame is pressure-treated under every deck. The material you pick is what you walk on and lean on.

    Sample price sheet

    These are sample prices in Canadian dollars, made up for this concept. Change any of them and every figure on the page follows.

    How a job runs

    1. First, a site visit.

      We measure, check the grade and see where the door and the hose bib sit. This plan comes along.

    2. Then a drawing.

      Your plan, redrawn to scale with the sizes and spans a builder stands behind, and a quote in place of the range.

    3. Then the permit.

      If your deck needs one, we prepare the drawings and file them with the town before any lumber is ordered.

    4. Then we build.

      Footings first, then the frame, then boards, railing and stairs. You walk it with us before we pack up.

    These four steps are sample content, written to show how a builder's page could explain a job.