JCraver
Sawhorse
For our tiny population, we build a lot of decks. Not as many as some of you guys in the large jurisdictions see for sure, but around here, everyone has a deck. I've sold 2 deck permits this morning. We amended out the 200 sf and less than 30" exemptions, so they all get a permit. We charge a flat $30.00 fee. For that you get a footing inspection, a framing inspection, and a final. And as many failed re-inspections as required if you're building it yourself. We did not adopt as code the DCA-6, but - I tell everyone where and how to find it, I explain the things in it that they don't understand, and tell them all that if they build it according to that standard, they'll pass my inspections. May not be the best way and probably won't work everywhere, but I'm pretty confident most decks that get built here won't fall down and hurt anyone. That suits me.