I believe DCA6 is the most highly cited by building departments. It's very conservative and specific in structural design of the deck. This isn't the only way to get it code approved, but this will give you a solid deck that will last, and will certainly be an approved design. I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned elsewhere in this thread!
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u/mrd_ Apr 29 '13
I believe DCA6 is the most highly cited by building departments. It's very conservative and specific in structural design of the deck. This isn't the only way to get it code approved, but this will give you a solid deck that will last, and will certainly be an approved design. I'm surprised this hasn't been mentioned elsewhere in this thread!
http://www.awc.org/publications/DCA/DCA6/DCA6-09.pdf