daplatapus
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That's looking really good!
I was going to mention earlier, if you were really concerned about and flex in that top, you could put some cross bracing blocks between the "joist". Usually what happens is when those are exposed to stress from downward pressure they will tend to twist rather than just bend straight down. As they twist they lose a measure of their strength. Inserting blocks in-between them, reduces that tendency to twist and helps distribute the weight more equally. In essence, that's what Beicacka has done with the one double beam running down the centre and opposing blocks running perpendicular to it.
All you would have to do is cut blocks to fit in-between what you have there as close to centre as is feasible. With your centre overflow, if it were me, I'd put two rows of blocks at 1/3 and 2/3 the span.
I'm not saying it's necessary, but if you were concerned at all of that deck flexing, that is one way of stiffening it up.
I was going to mention earlier, if you were really concerned about and flex in that top, you could put some cross bracing blocks between the "joist". Usually what happens is when those are exposed to stress from downward pressure they will tend to twist rather than just bend straight down. As they twist they lose a measure of their strength. Inserting blocks in-between them, reduces that tendency to twist and helps distribute the weight more equally. In essence, that's what Beicacka has done with the one double beam running down the centre and opposing blocks running perpendicular to it.
All you would have to do is cut blocks to fit in-between what you have there as close to centre as is feasible. With your centre overflow, if it were me, I'd put two rows of blocks at 1/3 and 2/3 the span.
I'm not saying it's necessary, but if you were concerned at all of that deck flexing, that is one way of stiffening it up.
