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DECK DESIGNER · PLAN SETSTrace your deck from the sky or design one from scratch. Get the framing, the shopping list, and a plan set to take to the permit office.
Trace the deck on your house from the sky — any shape — and see the size against the house. Designing a new deck? Refine every edge, corner and level on a computer before the framing is sized. Just new boards and railing on a good frame? Get the board count, railing and a price right here.
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Everything you see here is what the next step builds from. Check each edge and corner — the drawings, framing and shopping list all follow this outline.
The sheets for the building department and the lumberyard
Drawn from your deck, to scale on letter paper, with a step-by-step build manual for this deck. Preview every page free.
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Not an engineered or architectural drawing. DeckIQ builds a starting-point plan from the prescriptive tables of the 2021 International Residential Code (section R507) and the American Wood Council's DCA 6 guide, using assumed soil, lumber, frost depth and loads that may not match your site. Shapes outside those tables — curved rims, long angled overhangs, hot tubs — are flagged for your building department or an engineer. Have the plan reviewed before you build. See how every number is worked out and our terms.