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Anonymous Sat May 27 13:57:44 2023 No.2622850 [Reply] [Original]

Need to rebuid old deck. Should I use steel framing? Or is gonna turn to rust shit faster than wood?

>>	Anonymous Sat May 27 14:00:16 2023 No.2622852 >>2622850 Depends on how many things you fuck up, but steel is generally lower maintenance and longer lasting than wood.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 27 14:07:39 2023 No.2622856 >>2622850 Steel would cost a hell of a lot more than wood. Unless you're parking a car on your deck, I see no reason why you would use steel. And no it won't rust faster than wood will rot.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 27 14:16:22 2023 No.2622858 >>2622856 I think not that much more. Maybe 3-4x in material? And deck framing is pretty cheap materials wise. Mostly labour.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 27 14:57:13 2023 No.2622876 File: 111 KB, 772x800, IMG_1643.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2622856 Boomer mindset holyshit. Think of someone other than yourself you selfish fuck

Anonymous Sat May 27 15:11:26 2023 No.2622880

If it's powder coated like your example picture seems to be, it'll probably outlast you as long as there's nowhere for water to weep into and settle. Come to think of it I'm not sure I've ever seen a metal framed deck that didn't have an overhang roof or the like.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 27 15:16:06 2023 No.2622883 >>2622880 https://fortressbp.com/framing/evolution-framing I see home depot carrying parts for this now

>>	Anonymous Sat May 27 15:20:43 2023 No.2622884 >>2622883 Galvanized and powder coated. Didn't even know that was a thing. And the example with the hot tub is a good selling point, anything more than a couple feet off the ground gets dicey with a filled tub and people in it.

Anonymous Sat May 27 21:43:09 2023 No.2623069

>>2622850
Wood is shit and I'd not hesitate to frame a deck with steel. If need stairs look for those as recovered steel. They're easily cut to length.

Does OP know how to weld? Decks are mostly fabricated in place making galvanizing and powder coating typically impractical. If you build a deck so it can be unbolted (make several weldments with bolted joints) you can have those hot-dip galvanized but that won't be cheap. It's done for some industrial decking.

Box tubing rusts internally when pierced so ignore picrel. Use channel and beam as most industry does. Price check (get at least three quotes from different suppliers) various cross sections and don't ignore sellers of recovered steel posts etc. Fecebook Marketplace is often a good source.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 27 23:14:46 2023 No.2623113 >>2623069 Never tried welding before. I'm thinking if I can build it out of stainless steel at a reasonable price. IDK thought it might just make more sense to just use wood and try to seal against water.

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