![]() ![]() 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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