aw man, i was hoping this would go the other way,lol. i know i gotta be straight with the dude. but, seeing as he agreed to the price. we had a deal for me to build the deck at the price. i was hoping you guys would do a realy good job of talking me into keeping the money so i could repower and not feel like crap about it!

oh, and stink, thats not what i make. thats what i charge!bout 2 grand of that is sales tax. 40 percent is materials. vehicle maintnence, fuel, insurance, uncle sam, so on, so on... i know thier are a few builders here. this is a trex deck, clipped not screwed,framed with x10's and x8 joist on 16 inch centers. 6x6 post and, oh yeah, she's 14 feet off the ground! with 1 $17 an hour hand and 1 $10 an hour laborer i'm building this deck for $16.50 a square foot. $13 per linear foot for hand rail. would someone please tell stink why i aint rich!