Deck Framing Help Needed (Remove Post)

[wturne10]

Hello All,

 

Hoping someone can help me come up with a solution. I am getting ready to build a deck at my home and am using chief to help me get to an end goal.

 

Below is where I am at and I am trying to figure out how to frame the lower deck to get rid of 1 of the 2 post where the 45 degree rim ties into the straight rim.-- I know chief may not be able to do this automatically but I am trying to figure it out for realities sake.

 

I feel like it is too congested in that area and I don't like how the post is in the center of door way as I expect to put a walkway there at some point.

 

The hopes are I can run the joist in a different way in order to remove the post in front of the door but I am struggling to figure out if this is doable because I have no experience with these type things.

 

Also, I really didn't like how the column tie in looks with the 2 double rim joist tying in over the post. It just looks kind of shotty.

 

A markup would be amazing in this situation!

 

By trade, I'm a civil engineer- I don't work in structural- but if someone can help me see possible solutions, I may be able to handle the math side of seeing if it will work.

 

Thank you all for your help!!

[wturne10]

Also, just to add. In my instance, I can’t use a drop beam because the headroom is too low. Thank you all again for any layout ideas!

[Garybills]

Open the Deck room and adjust the deck support, deck post. Post offset will put one post at the corner and Max Post spacing to adjust the post locations. This example is with auto frame deck turned on.

[LCDesigns]

Structural here, looks like you created most of this deck manually?  We use simple deck rules, post at every corner, under landings and beams.  Spans are determined by the structural members used on the deck.  LVL can get more span whereas regular lumber can not. Looks like you are not stacking the beams but using them on the same plane?

[wturne10]

@LCDesignsHello, hmmm. I created it automatically and then made framing changes. I definitely follow you on all of the standard rules. Yeah, I don't have enough headroom to do a drop beam. When you walk out the door there, the 2x12 ledger board bottom is only about 8" above your head so I really don't have any room to do joist on beam construction. The joist will have to be framed into the side of the beam in this instance. 

 

Essentially I'm trying to get rid of the post that is the third from the left because I don't like how it centers directly on the door.-- Even if it takes a bit of analysis.

 

My scared part is I feel like even if what I design passes l/360 and stress. I'm worried I will still have some "sponginess" or bounce. Apparently, it's difficult to design that out from my reading. Maybe I should look at l/480 or l/600 as my criteria.