This footing location is a little more tricky than it looks. We want the deck we are building to be flush with the back door, but you’ll notice there is a cantilever on the house which means we cannot structurally attach our ledger like we normally would. This forces us to build the deck freestanding with a beam 2 feet away from the foundation to achieve the seamless walkout transition. This also puts this footing location in the overdig zone from the initial construction of the house. It can ta