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Your pickets ( in any direction ) should not allow an object of 4 inches in diameter to pass threw in any direction ( I am paraphrasing as I don't have my copy of the UBC in front of me ) Your hand railings at the steps has a min.
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Standard Unified Building Code states that residential guard railings at a height of 42 inches are required when bottom of deck is over 30 inches from grade. I believe you are interpreting the code inaccurately or incompletely, however, your city may have an addition or an addendum that applies. (That's a 12' clear trunk at the left and a 15' clear trunk at the right.) These suggestions are not implying that "that's all you can do." Place trees where you need shade and choose trees whose canopies can clear at least the eaves when they are mature. You might consider adding some decorative trim or screening at the upper portion of below-the-deck and bring the shrubbery to that level instead of screening the entire below-deck area with plantings (or screen it entirely as suggested earlier.) The picture is a general graphic explanation of the concepts. Height differences between shrub units will be stepped rather than sloped.
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Trim shrub units (same species shrubs) level. Place taller/larger shrubs on the downhill side and shorter shrubs on the uphill side. Plantings can compensate for the slope difference to help "level out" the appearance of the yard. Slopes, while not necessarily unattractive, can make a home appear less stable. Level ground around a home provides a look of stability.
How to create slopes in realtime landscaping pro how to#
Otherwise be prepared to spend several thousand dollars and hundreds of hours in learning how to use Vectorworks or Land Cad.īelow is a photo of how we used planter boxes around a terrace that had a seating wall but did not want to install railings. I hear Better Homes and Gardens has a home hobbiest program and that might be fine for what you are looking for.
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Most design software worth using is more complicated and expensive than most hobbiest want. On the right side it will be a bit more tricky and expensive but it can be done if you really want to avoid installing a 42 inch rail. The only way that you would be able to not put a railing in is if the grade was less than 30" from the top of the deck.īerms and or a planter box could address that as a solution easily on the left side. You will have to put a railing in and it will have to be 42 inchces in height with pickets no less than 4 inches apart or you will have to augment the grade.
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I misunderstood your photo, it appears that those are 'benches' that are built into the deck and not railings. Please give me some advice or sites that I can go to online that will show pictures of how to landscape a deck that is on a sloping lot. As you can tell this is a small cottage and I do not think I need a deck that is larger than the house. The other has suggested that I come off 2 steps down, remove the other steps and built another deck on the right side to balance.
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One suggested that I have a terraced box built on the higher side filled with dirt. I have contacted 2 landscapers in the area and each has given 2 totally different perspectives. I really need some suggestions as I want the little creek cottage to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye from the water. It is so much higher off the ground on the right side than the left. As you can see, due to the slope of the lot, the deck looks off balanced. I had a deck built on the front of the cottage and removed all existing shrubbery to give me a blank slate. I have purchased a 1971 creek cottage overlooking water. This is my first post on this site, so if I should be asking on another site please make suggestions.