How to Build a Floating Deck with Multydeck™

Before starting any decking project, check with your municipal office to make sure you’re compliant with your local building codes, regulations and zoning restrictions. Always wear safety glasses and gloves throughout the project.

No matter where you build the deck, be it your backyard, patio or balcony, the first step is to ensure that the surface it completely level. To prepare the ground, first measure the layout and shape of the deck. Then add or remove ground material until you have a flat surface. The MultyDeck™ can be assembled on virtually any kind of surface, this includes dirt, grass, concrete, pea gravel and even crushed rock. We suggest that you lay down a landscaping fabric to prevent vegetation growth.

Let us first understand how the patented MultyDeck™ rubber base works. As the picture shows, this base has 3 channels that cradle 6-inch wood or composite deck boards. The side-supports help in joining multiple panels using a joiner board, as explained in step 3.

To build panels, place three pieces of the 16 foot deck boards and press the MultyDeck™ bases upside down along the length, with roughly 18-inches between successive rubber bases.

Fasten the wood to the bases with two 1 5/8-inch screws per channel along the center line of the base. This completes a 16 foot panel.

Make 8 such panels, each panel comprising 6 MultyDeck™ bases and 3 pieces of 16 foot deck boards.

Next turn the panels over, such that the rubber bases are now at the bottom. Line up the panels next to each other, allowing for a 5 ½-inch gap between panels.

Now insert a 16 foot deck board between each set of panels, ensuring that this joiner board rests on the side supports. Secure the joiner board to the rubber bases by driving screws through the wood into the side supports.

Remove the outer side support using a utility knife. Your deck is complete, enjoy!