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Five #decks of #passenger cabins on the Royal Caribbean #cruise #ship “Harmony of the Seas.”
Below the passenger cabins are three large, bright #orange #boats that are sealed except for access doors on the side. These are rations for the people aboard the #liferafts.

Get a print of this image or another at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/p

#RoyalCaribbean, #HarmonyOfTheSeas, #CruiseShip, #PassengerDecks, #LifeBoats, #Photography

I can't believe so many people are building #decks like this. See the fundamental flaw?

Weight is being born by the sheer strength of brackets and their fasteners. This isn't even the worst design I've seen. It can work with carriage bolts, but people see it and think you can just use brackets and deck screws.

Why bother when there's a time-tested, proven design where the wood bears all the weight?

Posts support beams.
Beams support joists.
Joists support decking.

You should be able to remove all the metal parts, and the deck won't fall apart unless you push it over.

The metal is there to support relatively light, transient lateral loads like wind and seismic activity, not potentially tons of weight year after year.

(edit: punctuation)

#engineering

avdr.ca/top-4-reasons-should-b

www.avdr.caTop 4 Reasons Why YOU Should Build A Deck - Alberta Vinyl Decking & Railing

#Decks

An observation on an all-too-common human condition...

Via jake @jakebrodes

I like watchin videos of guys building beautifully stained patio decks in their yards from the ground up on their own no help and all 450 comments are some version of “you pressure washed before you sanded and you bought a dogshit stain. That wont last a year you piece of shit”