Picture Frame: Composite Double Picture Frame Deck

Monday, May 25, 2020

Composite Double Picture Frame Deck

This technique is also called picture framing or racetrack decking. Many deck designers are incorporating a picture frame look where the outer edge of the deck is one two or three boards of the one color and the the field area of the deck is the other color.

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The picture frame on the deck shown in figure 8 used the field color at all locations a person could enter or exit the deck.

Composite double picture frame deck.
Perimeter picture frame deck boards overlap the outside rim joist and any decorative fascia board.
A butt joint is also a nice way to frame your deck like a picture.
This picture frame decking style has the advantage of not having to worry about the corner joints separating like in a 45 degree miter joint frame.

A picture frame deck can make a decking project look much neater as it creates a frame around the edge of the deck so that no cut ends are visible.
Wherever the darker color of the picture frame would meet the lighter field color i marked the framing so id know where i had to install blocking to pick up the return detail at the end of the darker sections.
In this how to video the timbertechuk installation team guide you on the correct process to create a stunning picture frame composite deck design.

To ensure that the decking is properly supported where the picture frame boards run parallel to the main deck joists you need to put in blocking.
Depending on the design of the deck perimeter short deck boards.
This illustration shows two courses of perimeter framing border boards.

In this video a single frame is used but you can.
The width of only one picture frame deck board 5 12 will span the thickness of even a double rim joist 3 plus a decorative fascia board 34 thereby protecting them from any gathering of debris or exposure to the elements.
An effective method of finishing a deck surface is to install a trim board around the perimeter of the deck.

Blocking must be installed between joists where the picture frame boards will be parallel to the joists.