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Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.
I'd sub out an elevated deck. I've built several decks on or above grade.
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Because of the difficulty of heaving up the ledger (and attaching) and beams I assume?
One side of the deck will be less of a height, as it will be on the back side of a small retaining wall, but that is one of the main concerns I had as well. I can work from the ground on that higher ground side, but the rest would be from step ladders.
For the span, I was going to add a line of blocking to help with the sponginess, but don't know if the whole thing will be a bit bouncy or not for a 14' span.
For posts, I was going to use 5 6x6's and a double 2x12 for the beam sitting on them in a notch.