How to Build a Deck, Part 3: Building and Setting Deck Posts and Footings

Part 3 of the How to Build a Deck video series teaches viewers how to build and set deck posts and footings. Lowe's expert Mike Kraft shows you all of the materials you need when building, setting and notching your deck posts. The other parts of this 6-part series can be found on iTunes or at http://www.Lowes.com/Videos

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• setting deck posts
• notching deck posts
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[wolfpaw69]

Funny how people see color instead of a guy who has great skill at what he does.  Sad really

[ekoboss]

much better video than home depots video

[boochieboy814]

I don't like that gravel in the hole shit. Just use concrete to fill the entire hole.....much sturdier.

[drummerguy187]

@thedr00 It would have been even funnier if a mexican walked up instead of a black guy.

[3rdminist3r]

typical knotty lowes wood

[thedr00]

0:44 "that requires some manual labour" and on walks a black guy. Nice 1 Lowes!

[MrThehammer3]

2nd rate way to support a deck at best, although generally accepted in many areas of the country.Footings should be poured to or above grade.In video it appears that he has only 12" of concrete in footing at best. Concrete to post brackets(hot dipped galvanized) should be inserted in footing. post should sit on and be attached to this bracket. you are building a deck not a fence! Beam should rest on post attached with a post to beam Simpson bracket. Therefore , weight of deck bears on posts.

[TheAustralianMade]

"We're going to need some manual labour".... Then a black guy shows up. Hahahaha

[BreakfastBentoBox]

@wolfpaw69 zomg, was that a darkie?

[LightningBG1]

Those posts should be notched with the beams sitting on top, not bolted to the sides. Now the entire weight of the deck and occupants is relying on the shear strength of the bolts.

[Bfab129]

Is there a way you can build a deck without having to dig holes in the ground?

[ricka15]

can a deck be built like a house with a foundation on the sides then use metal bars To span across