8 x 5 m cedar / larch deck: what to buy
Every board, joist, beam, post, footing and fixing for a 8 x 5 m cedar deck, counted with Canada building practice. Free, no sign-up, and nothing is priced until you add your own supplier rates.
Canada · Cedar / larch · 0.46 m above the ground · one flight of steps
The materials list
- Decking boards
- 70 at 4.88 m
- Joists
- 21 at 406 mm centres
- Beams
- 4 (32 m)
- Posts and footings
- 20 posts, 20 footings
- Concrete
- 60 bags at 80 lb
- Fixings
- 805 clips
- Steps
- 3 risers, 3 stringers
- Deck area
- 40 m²
Rows packed into the stock lengths sold in Canada, 5% waste included
NBC Part 9: joists at 16 in on centre, stair rise up to 200 mm
Carrying the joists down to the posts
Posts at most 2.44 m apart
Post-set concrete for the footings
Counted from the board and joist crossings, not guessed by the bag
Rise about 152 mm per step
Finished deck, measured to the outside of the frame
Building this 8 x 5 m deck?
$9The list above tells you what to buy. The Full Build Pack tells you how to cut it and put it together.
- Cut list packed into the board lengths a yard sells, so you cut nothing short
- Dimensioned framing plan and the diagonal to square the frame
- Yard order sheet to tick off, plus a CSV for the merchant
- Build order, stage by stage, with the check for each one
One payment, no subscription, no account needed first. The pack is delivered immediately after payment. Preview a sample pack
What the pack holds for this 8 x 5 m deck
Worked out from the same numbers as the list above. No estimates, no prices you did not enter.
Yard order sheet
Boards, joists, beams, posts, hangers and screws in local stock lengths.
Cut list
Joists, rim boards and decking cut from real lengths with the waste shown.
Framing and footing plan
Post and footing positions, joist centres and beam lines, dimensioned.
Build order and setting out
Step by step from string lines to the last board.
Merchant CSV
Paste the list into a supplier quote request or your own spreadsheet.
Change anything and download the list
The designer opens with this deck already drawn. Change the height, the railing, the steps, board pattern or country, inspect the full take-off and save a free summary PDF. The order-ready PDF and CSV are in the complete pack.
Open in the designerFree, no sign-up. This is a material take-off, not a quote or a structural design: spans, footings and guards still need checking against local rules.