You built a deck 12 feet by 16 feet with 4-foot wide steps. You used 6-inch deck boards for the floor. You built a railing on the outside using two 2X4s at the top and bottom with a deck board top. The spindles are spaced on 4-inch or less centers.

a. How many square feet are in the deck?
b. How many deck boards are needed for the floor running the length of the deck?
c. How many of what length 2X4s and deck boards are needed for the railing?
d. Approximately how many spindles are needed?


a. 192 ft3
b. 24 bd 16 ft
c. 4 each 8 ft, 12 ft, a 16 ft 2x4s 8 ft, 12 ft & 16 db
d. 108 spindles

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