Winner: William Parker - Deck of the Year, 2009
After 12 years of restoration and upgrading our 100 plus year old house, we decided it was time for an outdoor project. While purchasing pavers for the patio portion of our backyard project, the rep told me abo...
Winner: Lee Krystek - Deck of the month August, 2009
For years I looked for a way to replace the old wooden steps our builder had constructed at the back of our house with something more elegant. We considered a patio, but because the door...
Winner: Scott Kendall - Deck of the month August, 2009
I used the deck blocks and they worked perfectly. The top level is 24 deep x 26 wide and the lower level is 10 deep x 14 wide.I go the idea for the BBQ area and chimenea spot of ot...
Winner: David Elswick - Deck of the month July, 2009
My yard was severely sloped. In order to put in the pool we had to put in two retaining walls. The 1st retaining wall is only 3” behind the pool.
We built the deck right up to the retain...
Winner: Steven Chenevey - Deck of the month June, 2009
I would like to thank your company for your excellent product, and great website. I do not like wood working projects and usually do everything to avoid them. I have little to no experience either...
Winner: Casey and Krista Orr - Deck of the month May, 2009
From picking up the supplies until the last screw was drilled took a total of 4 days. My Brother In Law and I picked up the deck piers and lumber on Thursday night and had the entire project c...
Winner: Gary Morris - Deck of the month July, 2009
I bought this little house in 2000 and always planned on having a deck and hot tub. Most of Austin is on 3 inches of hard soil over a deep limestone shelf. Digging holes for any reason is a...
Winner: Dave Safian - Deck of the month April, 2009
I chose the deck block design because I knew I would do the majority of the work by myself. Constructing was very manageable with minimal assistance from my wife and friends. I also needed something ...
Winner: Joshua Fernandez - Deck of the month March, 2009
I want to thank you for all the help you give on your website. I had seen your advertisement at Home Depot by the Dek blocks. I wanted to build a deck but didn’t know how ...
Winner: Pete Swanson - Deck of the month August, 2006
Thanks to the DekBrands floating foundation system, and the plans available for download at
www.deckplans.com , I was able to build a beautiful pool-side...
Winner: Orland Snedeker - Deck of the month January, 2008
I would like to tell you about the floating deck that I built from your designer plans. I chose “The Brendel - mirrored” plan (from website
Winner: Powers - Deck of the month July, 2007
Simple hot tub deck with some added privacy and design.
Winner: Powers - July 2007
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Winner: Casey & Jessica Shaffer- Deck of the month February, 2009
Layout of dek blocks began in early April, all materials were purchased at HomeDepot. We chose to use 2 x 12’s throughout the build because they gave us the right height t...
Winner: Steve Howard - Deck of the month May, 2005
First off, fantastic product! Your floating system was very easy to use and quick to build from. The 18' x 20' deck was the first deck I ever built and it was incredibly easy. The end result gives the ...
Winner: Kevin Young - Deck of the month March, 2005
Here's my new deck I built using the amazing Dek-Blocks, I used plans for a 12'x12' and 12'x18' deck, then filled in the gap. This was all completed in a few weekends with no help. I built the fram...
Winner: Jim Shugart - Deck of the month June, 2005
Thanks for all your help and guidance with our special conversion project. The project we took on was a collapsed existing deck, attached to the house. The deck was 13 years old, and had just colla...
Winner: Rob and Erin Olson - Deck of the month June, 2005
First off I wanted to thank you for a great product I finished my deck last weekend. It came out beautiful. Everyone I show it to cannot believe that I built it myself. It looks so profession...
Winner: Dean William - Deck of the month July, 2005
The deck is 16 x 24, built over an existing concrete patio. It would have been an incredible amount of extra work without the Dek-Blocks. Also, permanent attachment to the uneven stone walls woul...
Winner: Quan Nguyen - Deck of the month July, 2005
It was a great time to learn a new thing and it was the first time I ever built any thing as big as a deck. I started with the plan that I got from freedeckplans.com and I spent time viewing all of p...
Winner: Rob D - Deck of the month April, 2005
Simple but handsome deck using a diagonal decking pattern.
Winner: Rob D - April 2005
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Winner: Steve Drifke - Deck of the month April, 2005
Enclosed are the pictures from my summer 2004 project, in which I used your Splash Deluxe Pool deck plans. I worked on and off throughout the summer, dodging raindrops and taking my time to make sur...
Winner: Clay Marrow - Deck of the month September, 2004
Well, I have finished my deck, and it was much easier to build using the floating foundation system than the old concrete footing method. I purchased the 3' splash plans but had you guy...
Winner: Jim Mosier - Deck of the month November, 2004
I just wanted to send this along to you to show off my deck. All in all I have about 5 to 7 days of labor into it, although it took me a little over a month to complete because I only worke...
Winner: Frank Howell - Deck of the month October, 2001
I liked the Floating Deck principle and disliked the thought of digging holes for posts in rocky soil. Your blocks really made the work easy. We really do enjoy it and we added a pond with a...
Winner: Bob Lamerand - Deck of the month March, 2001
Just wanted to drop a quick note and photo of our deck. I built it over Labor Day weekend last year. It was built pretty much single-handedly in three days. I did spend some time the prior week...
What is the Floating Foundation Deck System?
The Floating Foundation Deck System is the simplest and most economical method for building a deck.
By distributing the weight out evenly, the Floating Foundation Deck System can be placed on top of the soil. This eliminates difficult frost footings and mixing of cement.
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Designed around the Dek-Block® Pier, the Floating Foundation Deck System can be completed in just one day. It was designed with the Do-It-Yourselfer in mind.
