Our goal is to help homeowners and deck building contractors get residential deck plans that can be submitted to local municipalities. This site is only intended for residential plans. Not Commercial! We will provide you with plans that meet 2018 IRC codes for residential decks.
There are several ways that a deck can be built that will meet code. We will provide deck details as follows:
To take advantage of our service, you will need to upload photos of your sketch or designs. It will need to have the following information included with it.
Every City is different in what information that they want. Here are some things that we find consistently among most municipalities in the US:
Most cities around the Midwest will accept a site plan. A site plan is a simple drawing marking the boundaries of your property line in relationship to where your house and deck is the property line. This is usually acceptable if you are going to keep your deck the same size. Some cities are requiring surveys of the property. If you don’t already have one then it could be an expensive additional cost.
They very from city to city as well, but usually they just would like the homeowners information, square footage of the deck and the cost of the project.
If you are looking to have a roof installed over your deck we will not be a good fit for your project. When you add a roof to your deck you will need to have additional engineering that goes beyond the scope of what is shown in the 2018IRC codes, and typically a structural engineer or architect will have to specify what is needed for your project.
If you are looking to span your deck between two post more than the allowable distance shown for dimensional lumber in the 2018IRC codes this can be done with Exterior Rated Glulam’s and or LVLs. But you will have to source what you need and provide documentation and then we can include the beam/girder in the drawings. (This documentation will also have to be included with your permit application when filed.)