Bad Examples: over the years we have run into a lot of shall we say, less than professional workmanship out there.  Most of these examples could have been avoided with better planning.  When it comes to building a successful project there is no substitute for experience.  That's why Deck Specialists, Inc. decided to specialize years ago.  By building nothing but deck projects we have become very efficient and costly mistakes like these pictured below are left to others.

Once again we did not build any of these projects pictured below, and mean no disrespect towards those who did.

                                                                        Poor Planning

                              ?                                                                              No bolts in ledger

                       no joist hangers                                       No fascia (end grain exposed), rusty screws

     improper joint connection                                                         ?  rabid beaver ?

                 poor stair design                                              bad pier,   shoddy everything

               bad rail design                                                     bad joint, nails, shrinkage 

                 way bad pier!                                                        nails into end grain failed

               poor nailing                                                                        missed nails

Bad beam splicing                                                          Poor caprail design and fastening

Bad decking spices                                                          Exposed end grain

Bad caprail                                                                      Lousy decking and decking splice

Tangled Mess (we did this one)                                 Absolutely Poor planning