Advanced Deck Building (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library) [Paperback]

Black & Decker Corporation (Author)

Book Description

Series: Black & Decker Home Improvement Library | Publication Date: December 20, 2003

By the Black and Decker Home Improvement Library, this book carries deck building one step further.

Features 14 distinctive deck designs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Creative Publishing international (December 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865736618
• ISBN-13: 978-0865736610
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,262,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Just what it says - advanced, not basic, August 2, 1999

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This review is from: Advanced Deck Building (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library) (Paperback)

The book had good pictures and several good ideas on how to create an advanced deck. It is well written and easy to follow. This book includes multi-level, decks with angles or curves, low profile decks, etc.

However, they assume that you are an advanced deck builder and gloss over many of the basics. They do have a basic deck building book by the same company that they recommend, although I haven't seen it anywhere.

1.0 out of 5 stars Terribly out of date re: building code & materials, October 11, 2009

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This review is from: Advanced Deck Building (Black & Decker Home Improvement Library) (Paperback)

This book is a rehash of Black & Decker's basic deck building book, and has some add'l fluff added to it that suffers the same fate, in that much of the info between the covers is no longer accurate concerning acceptible deck building methods, and it's hopelessly out of date re: materials. If one were to construct a deck as outlined in this book it wouldn't be conforming to the latest far more demanding building codes, esp those adopted about a yr ago. The Publisher should either cease publishing this book, or completely revise it. . .Absolutely a waste of money, in my opinion.