Thanks Mitchell and Jacob. I am now ready to attack the project with confidence

Thanks Mitchell, My idea is the same as in your deck plan but would be actually cheaper. Lay the bearers directly on the pavers or two pavers to rai ...

Thanks Mitchell, You got me thinking, could I use pavers instead of posts? Even one on top of another. I think I could make this very stable. Ri ...

Thanks once again Jacob, very helpful to say the least, I will go with 3 bearers, with a 1.2m wide walkway and 50mm overhang on each side. This means ...

Thanks again Jacob, Just one point of clarification regarding the joists in green in your diagram. Can't I have these sit on top of the tuff blocks ...

Hi Jacob, I really appreciate your response. You can gather I am very much a novice but have some recent experience extending an existing deck and rep ...

I figured out that I can’t span a decking board 1m unsupported so I will have to run another bearer and line of posts down the middle.