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As first-time deck builders, Mohamemd (Malo) and Sinan (Bop) decided to build the largest deck known to man. In speaking with one of my deck building consultants (who builds decks for a living) he said, "Hmm... I never built a deck that big." What? A professional deck builder, never done this before? This did not deter us, but made us even more ambitious. We wanted to do the impossible and unexpected, build a deck that is beyond huge and virtually unimaginable. As first-time deck builders, we were not expected to be successful, but were determined to reach success. We designed the deck to be as straight forward as possible. All the wood pieces were 12 feet long, so we designed the deck to be a simple 24x24' deck without having to do much cutting. We later found out that it would have to be 24x25'. The entire deck building project took 2 days for the deck, and another day for the rails. Rails were added later as Jumana and Adnan began running around. The deck eventually cost about $1450 for the deck and $550 for the rails. All the experts we asked said it should cost around $15,000. So we built this thing at a tenth of the cost and followed all regulations and building codes. SOLID!! The rails were installed while it was raining outside, Malo and Bop were not only soaked, but determined to finish! The reason for this photo album is to show you how we (a bunch of amatuers) were able to accomplish a great thing. Also to document what we did, so that we don't forget and can replicate our efforts. UPDATE: We had about 40 or 50 overweight guys on the deck at once and it held up!!! That means, It Worked!!
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