Before you start building consider safety.
Make a deck gate.
It specifies a minimum height of 42 inches above the deck surface and that is the height you should make your gate.
This time of year it is nearly 100 humidity and mid upper 90 s so working outside on my lunch break at 1pm was not very appealing.
Putting a gate at the top of your deck stairs is a simple safety solution.
The size of the gate should not be greater than 4 1 22 m in width.
With a gate in place your deck becomes a secure play area for your children and pets.
Making sure your project is up to code can be one of the more intimidating parts of building something.
If it is wider you must make and hang two gates which will meet in the middle.
The gate cannot open.
The balusters must be spaced closely enough to prevent a 4 inch sphere from passing between them and the distance between the bottom of the gate and the decking should be no more than 4 inches when the gate is closed.
Make sure the fence posts can support a gate if you already have a fence.
Fortunately a diy deck gate only needs to follow a small handful of guidelines in order to be safe and accessible.
I live in the south.
For residential homes the international residential code requires that.
Knowing how to build a deck gate is a beneficial skill for homeowners.
Deck gate codes safety guides.
Measure the entry at the top and bottom as they can easily be different.
It took me about 50 minutes to make this deck stair gate and that included snapping pictures as i went.