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Design/Construction, 2005 - ?
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| Our house has a
lookout basement, which means that the main floor is about a ½ story above
grade at the back of the house. We have a bumpout in the kitchen, at the
back of the house, with a patio door. The bumpout is designed to exit
onto a deck, but the house does not yet have a deck in the back. (The
house was built in 1997 and has never had a deck).
We've started the process of envisioning, planning,
designing, and building our deck. We're planning on doing all the work
ourselves, and have no particular schedule to get the work done.
As the project progresses, we'll post documents
related to the projects, as well as photos, on this page.
Status, 10-May-2007
Finished computer model of house using Better Homes and Gardens Deck and
Landscape Designer. Images of model are in the Visualization
of Current House section. –Sean
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| The existing house and
backyard |
January, 2005
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are a couple of photos of the back of our house, as it looks today. |
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| Use Cases |
June, 2005
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cases" are a verbal description of how we envision using our deck. It's
important to start by thinking about what we plan on using our deck for, and
this will feed directly into the high-level brainstorming and planning.
As I started brainstorming various ways to enjoy our backyard as an outdoor
living space, it led to new ideas that I hadn't yet considered.
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Use cases
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High-Level Ideas and Pictures |
May, 2006
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Here is an idea list (words and pictures) for things
that we might make part of the deck. At this point, I'm trying to focus
on very high-level things, like the main shape
and elevations/platforms.
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High-Level
Ideas
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Visualization of Current House |
May, 2007
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Some images from computer model of our current house
and yard, as it looks today.
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Visualization
- Current
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Frequently
asked questions about the Deck
pages
Sources:
1 -
The Complete Guide to Creative Landscapes, Black & Decker,
2000
2 -
Complete Deck Book, Sunset, 1996
3 -
Decks - Plan, Design, Build, Cory, 1997
4 -
Design Ideas for Decks, Creative Homeowner, 2003
5 -
Great Decks & Outdoor Living, Meredith, 2006
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Outdoor Kitchens, Better Homes and Gardens, 2004
7 -
Deck Planner, 2nd ed , Home Planners, 2001
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Deck Designs, Steve Cory, 2000
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Outdoor Living Idea Book, Lee Anne White, 2005
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Deck & Patio Idea Book , Taunton, 2003
11 -
Complete Deck Book , Sunset, 2002
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The Complete Guide to Decks, Black & Decker, 1999
13 - Deck Plans, Ortho, 1985
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Building Porches and Decks, Fine Homebuilding, 2003
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Build Your Own Deck Manual, HDA, 1998
16 -
Unique Deck Ideas, Creative Publishing, 1996
(If you hover over images on the subtopic pages, you'll see a
reference to the source and page #'s).
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