Carpenter Eric Roberts, of Archadeck of Suburban Boston, plumbs and levels the bench supports for a deck on grade.
Roberts secures the post to the deck frame with FastenMaster ThruLOK structural fasteners.
Roberts attaches the engineered washer and LOK-nut for the ThruLOK post connector.
After cladding the seat posts with Fiberon trim, Roberts lays a preservative-treated 2x4 in place against the post and scribes it out as he begins to frame the bench seat.
Roberts transfers his layout marking to the opposite matching piece for his bench seat frame.
Roberts nails together the frame for the bench seat.
Roberts sets the bench frame in place on the support posts.
Roberts clads the bench frame with Fiberon material.
Another view of the bench seat on its posts, with the synthetic Fiberon cladding mostly applied.
Roberts fits and fine-tunes a finish joint on the side of the bench seat.
Roberts attaches trim to the bench using stainless-steel screws.
In the tight space between the new bench and the existing house, Roberts uses a right-angle driver extension to drive a screw as he attaches synthetic Fiberon cladding to the bench frame.