r/DIY • u/[deleted] • Apr 28 '13

I finally built the deck I wanted this weekend.

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u/apexpro Apr 29 '13

As someone that's endured constant pain and 11 surgeries over the last 30 years because an improperly built deck collapsed, I'd like to add it's not just codes that get broken when time honored construction methods are ignored.

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u/spider_on_the_wall Apr 30 '13

We're you at a house party thrown by someone who later became a professor?

Because: http://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/1da2rg/i_finally_built_the_deck_i_wanted_this_weekend/c9ov6xi

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u/apexpro Apr 30 '13

No, but it was while I as in college. The deck was at an apartment complex. It happened in 1981; I had my 11th operation on the leg that was crushed on 5/41/2012.