How to build a wooden deck or terrace 2026

Today we will teach you how to build a wooden deck or terrace using pine boards or wooden slats from pallets.

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There are many flooring alternatives for the exterior, but one that undoubtedly gives a natural and harmonious appearance with the environment is the wooden deck, a very stable and durable plank floor that looks great in small patios, terraces or as transit areas in the garden.

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The one we will build in this project measures 3 x 2.70 meters.

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Tools to use:

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• Wood wick
• Chisel
• Measuring tape
• Canvas
• Hammer
• Shovel
• Picota
• Screw tip
• Circular saw
• Drill

Materials to use:

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• 10 irons of 55 cm
• 23 pine boards 5×1”
• 8 2×4” pine beams
• Nails
• Gravel
• Herbicide
• Mortar
• Wood protector
• Screws

Steps on how to build a wooden deck or terrace

Pine wood is an excellent material for building structures that are outside, whether to cover walls, make floors or make furniture. They can be boards, beams or slats, processed like planed or raw wood. The perfect complement for pine wood, especially if it will be outdoors, are varnishes and protectors. In this case, since it will be a highly trafficked floor, we chose an impregnant or wood protector that is completely absorbed, leaving the surface open-pored, so that the material does not lose its ability to contract and breathe.

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Before You Begin

• Level the ground
• Eliminate weeds

#1. Space organization

• Delimit the place, marking the exact location of the deck with the shovel or a little plaster. In this case a space of 3 x 2.70 meters.

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#2. Chicken construction

• Marking the position of the 10 chickens or concrete blocks will give stability and firmness to the beams.
• To form each of them, a base measuring 30x30 cm and 40 cm deep is made with the shovel.

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#3. Chicken height

• The height and leveling of the chickens is determined with a line tied to stakes in the ground.
• So that the canvas is at the same height on all the stakes we use the water level.

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#4. Stuff chicken

• Around the chicken build a frame with wooden boards.
• Fill with the pre-dosed mortar. It is prepared according to the amount of water indicated by the manufacturer.
• With the mixture still fresh, bury 55 cm long irons in each chicken.

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Concrete

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The mortar must be left to dry for 24 hours and only then can the square of boards be removed from each chicken.

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#5. Fix beams

• Present the 5 beams on the ground and mark the position where they meet the iron of each chicken.
• At that meeting, make a hole with a wood drill bit to fit the beam and the iron.

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#6. Other beams

• Another 2 beams must be nailed vertically.
• Also fix 1 beam horizontally cut into 4 pieces, so that it goes between the vertical beams.

#7. Iron finishing

• So that the iron is hidden, a hole is made in the wood with the chisel.
• The iron is hit until it is inserted into the hole and so that it does not move, it is placed perpendicularly.ular a nail.

#8. Prevent weeds

• Apply herbicide so that weeds do not appear.
• Pour a layer of gravel, this in addition to avoiding weeds will improve the drainage of the land.

#9. Protect wood

• Apply an impregnant or wood protector to the beams that are already installed and to the boards that will form the deck.
• It can be a colorless or tinted protector.

#10. Screwing boards

• At each meeting with the beams, the boards are fixed with wood screws.
• If the deck includes trees or other garden structures, some boards must be cut to follow the appropriate shape.

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