Re-leveling free floating deck

04-22-2011, 10:52 PM	#1
Bone244 Newbie   Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1	Re-leveling free floating deck After 10 years my free floating deck has sunk 3 to 4 inches and needs to be releveled. How can this be done? Water now runs towards the foundation when it rains.

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04-22-2011, 11:04 PM	#2
Ron6519 Member   Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 9,519	Re-leveling free floating deck Quote: Originally Posted by Bone244 After 10 years my free floating deck has sunk 3 to 4 inches and needs to be releveled. How can this be done? Water now runs towards the foundation when it rains. Jack it up and support it at the level you want. Dig down below the frostline with twice the support footings as the original deck had. Install the new posts and bolt to the deck. Remove the temporary supports. Ron

04-24-2011, 09:03 AM	#3
Just Bill Member   Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Wilmington, DE Posts: 3,097	Re-leveling free floating deck What he said........free floating does not mean resting on the surface, it normally means it is not attached to the house. It needs footings under the beams.

04-24-2011, 09:09 AM	#4
tcleve4911 old guy contractor     Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Maine on Little Sebago Posts: 857	Re-leveling free floating deck Is the "deck" wood or concrete?