Lattice skirting is a popular option for several reasons, which we should address. How do you want the deck to look once it is done?īefore you run off and buy a couple of sheets of wood lattice, there are other deck skirting options. The first step is to figure out the skirting design. Ideally, skirting is added during construction but can be added later. Hiding the area under your deck is not that hard. With the added benefit of stopping garbage and animals from getting under it. Acting like a curtain for the area under a deck, hiding everything under the deck, removing the ugly view from the yard. Wouldn’t it be great if the underside of the deck was hidden from view? The mess of your yard gone from view.ĭeck skirting is the best way to hide the area under a deck. The area under your deck is a real eyesore! Plain and simple. Garbage from the neighbourhood collects under the deck. Even if you do an excellent job of putting down ground cover under the deck, the area is still ugly. A more recent shot after installing the pool.Decks are a beautiful addition to a yard, but the area underneath a deck is not. I have to say, Brooke and I both are very happy with how everything turned out! Finishing this project also allowed us to continue our landscaping around the back of the house. Here’s a look at the finished deck skirting. Working my way down, I repeated this until I got to the ground.Īfter I nailed on all of the boards, I went back and used decking screws to properly secure the boards to the 2x4s. I used a finished nailer to tack the board onto the 2×4. So I cut a couple of small pieces to use as spacers.įor the first board, I placed the spacer between the existing top skirt board and the board I was installing. I decided that the thickness of the board would be a good amount of space to leave between each one. Working in one section at a time, I started installing the decking boards. I used these measurements to mark and cut the decking boards. Once I had all of the 2x4s in place, I measured the distance between each pier. Then I switched to the hammer drill to continue drilling the hole into the brick. Near the bottom of the 2×4, I drilled a second hole until I hit the brick. I placed a level on the side of the 2×4 to make sure it was plum. Holding the 2×4 in place again, I screwed a Tapcon screw through the hole in the 2×4 and into the hole in the brick. Then I used a hammer drill to drill a hole into the brick on that mark. I held the 2×4 in place and drilled a hole in the middle of the 2×4 all the way through so it made a mark on the brick. Next I determined the setback of the skirt from the front face of the piers. I used these measurements to mark and cut all of my 2x4s with a miter saw. This gave me the length I needed for each 2×4. So I measured each one from the bottom of the existing skirt board to the ground. Let’s get started! Step 1: Measure and Cut 2x4sĮach of the brick piers under our bottom deck has different heights because the ground slopes from left to right.
In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how I installed our horizontal deck skirting to match our porch railing.
Here you can see a before picture of our lower porch. We decided to create deck skirting made of horizontal decking boards with spaces in between.įor this project, I used pressure-treated 2x4s and 6″ decking boards. We also wanted it to have the same look as our porch railing.
Some people use lattice or vertical boards, but we wanted something different. There are different ways you can do this. This is why people often use some method to hide it. If you have a deck or porch that is off the ground, you probably know that the area below is usually not that attractive.
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