The cost to build an average-sized deck when hiring a professional can be as high as $9,500. You might want to investigate some budget-friendly DIY deck ideas to save some money. Building your own ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The typical cost range for building a deck is $4,141 to $11,713, though the national average cost is $7,913. The main cost factors ...

Q: Tim, you helped me years ago, and now I’m back. I’m going to build a free-standing deck at my house during my vacation. After watching lots of online videos, I’m somewhat confused about how to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Dave Kodet, known as DIY Dave, is the lead ...

Summer is over, so many of you may be thinking of projects that didn’t get done during nice weather: expanding the vegetable garden, repairing the front porch steps or even building a backyard deck.

If you've always dreamed of building your own deck, but were hesitant to tackle such a large, complicated construction project, we've got some good news. This Old House general contractor Tom Silva ...

A New Type of Deck Footing: Diamond Piers There's a cool new product in town that's making deck footings way faster and easier to install; it's called a Diamond Pier® Foundation System.

No Section Home Inspector: Diamond Pier footings make decks easier to build It has already been two years since I first blogged about Diamond Pier® Foundation Systems. Where does the time go? In my ...

But with the choice of materials and construction methods now available, not to mention the restrictions imposed in bushfire-prone areas, the most important consideration is what you’re going to build ...