Deck

I have a note on my phone titled “DECK” and it reads like a person slowly learning that “a deck” is not one thing.

It’s a bunch of separate purchases wearing a trench coat:

• a small amount of demolition (or a large amount, depending on how rotten your old one is)
• some holes in the ground (footings)
• a lot of labor (framing + decking + railing + stairs)
• and then the accessories that turn “platform” into “finished deck” (rails, stairs, lighting, skirting, waterproofing, staining)

And deck quotes are famous for hiding the important parts inside one line like: