How to Build a Deck

Learn how to build a deck with Lowe's Creative Ideas' six-part video series. We'll teach you how to design a deck, create a deck layout, and finish a deck with ease.

	How to Build a Deck Part 1 - Designing a Deck Welcome to Lowe’s six-part series, How to Build a Deck. You'll learn what you need to know to build your own deck, from design to footings to railings. This first instruction sheet and video, Designing a Deck, shows you how to design and plan your new space.
	How to Build a Deck Part 2 - Deck Layouts At this point in your deck build you should have a printed construction plan. If not, view the previous video and instruction sheet in this series, Designing a Deck. In this instruction sheet, Part Two of our six-part series on How to Build a Deck, you'll learn how to layout your deck so that it has a strong foundation and provides you years of enjoyment.
	How to Build a Deck Part 3 - Setting the Posts Decks are great for entertaining family and friends. But with all of those people on the deck, you’ll need to make sure it’s on a strong foundation. In this third part of our six-part series, How to Build a Deck, you’ll learn how to set the proper footings to support your deck.
	How to Build a Deck Part 4 - Framing and Decking Welcome to Part Four of our six-part series, How to Build a Deck. These instructions accompanying the video show how to assemble the framing on the beams and install the decking.
	How to Build a Deck Part 5 - Building Deck Stairs In this set of instructions for our deck building series, you'll learn how to calculate stairway dimensions and build a solid set of steps. If you haven’t installed your decking, you’ll need to take care of that first.
	How to Build a Deck Part 6 - Finishing the Deck It's time to wrap things up on your deck—you’ve gone from planning the design to building the stairs and now you’re ready to install the railings. After that, you'll do some finish work before enjoying your deck.

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