Best way to build a deck next to your RV
This question is not DIY to a camper, but rather how to best design a deck next to a full time living camper. I wanted to get others ideas and to validate what I have done so far in case I want to tw...
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Personally I would not / did not build ours 3' away... ours is snug up (if replacing trailer we will work on that at that time). Our 'upper deck' is roughly 8' x 30' with the last 9' covered in an arbor to hang my hammock swing on. :)
This deck was actually built 7' wide with that last 1' being an addition to the 7' and decking boards running the length of the deck. I figured building the support system this way I could remove that 1' area, pull the old trailer out, bring in a new trailer and make any adjustments needed in that 1'. Yeah, I've never built a house but this made sense to me at the time. :)
One thing I can see you are not taking into account is where will your awning supports come down on your deck? With the awning extended you really don't want to have to always be walking around the awning support poles; with placing you trailer 3' away from the deck you just lost 3' of your 8' wide potential shade from the awning bringing your max shaded area down to 5'. A typical table seating takes up about 6' depth with seating on opposite sides.
As far as height of your deck: Try to allow 1/2" per 2' awning pitch = 2" in 8' / the more awning pitch the better while retaining about a 6'6" head space from the floor of the deck to the bottom of the awning roller which means don't build your deck too high off the ground.
Shari
This deck was actually built 7' wide with that last 1' being an addition to the 7' and decking boards running the length of the deck. I figured building the support system this way I could remove that 1' area, pull the old trailer out, bring in a new trailer and make any adjustments needed in that 1'. Yeah, I've never built a house but this made sense to me at the time. :)
One thing I can see you are not taking into account is where will your awning supports come down on your deck? With the awning extended you really don't want to have to always be walking around the awning support poles; with placing you trailer 3' away from the deck you just lost 3' of your 8' wide potential shade from the awning bringing your max shaded area down to 5'. A typical table seating takes up about 6' depth with seating on opposite sides.
As far as height of your deck: Try to allow 1/2" per 2' awning pitch = 2" in 8' / the more awning pitch the better while retaining about a 6'6" head space from the floor of the deck to the bottom of the awning roller which means don't build your deck too high off the ground.
Shari
