The lower installation costs come from the way the spar buoy is produced and deployed. The cost of its construction and deployment would be a fraction of the current foundation costs for deep-water wind farms. To make deep water installations more feasible, this article will describe a spar buoy or floating foundation system. Furthermore, this location and its winds also allow the use of larger turbines. Better yet, far offshore places turbines in steadier and stronger wind. Then drop the wood posts into the Oz-Posts, attach the beams, and lay the joists on the beams and finally attach the decking to the joists.The beauty of placing wind turbines offshore in deep water is that the wind farm consumes no real estate nor blocks a seascape view from land. Simply locate the deck plates where your posts are required and drive the Oz-Post through them. With Oz-Deck, the construction of your deck is much faster and easier. This is why it is very important that the piers be installed properly and why many cities require inspections of concrete deck piers.

With post holes there is a great deal of pressure exerted on the posts because there are less posts compared to Oz-Deck. This is why it is called a “floating deck”. The deck simply sits tight to the side of the home but is not actually attached to the home. This requires special attention and advanced carpentry skills to assure that the board is properly attached to the home.įact: Most deck failures occur because of improper ledger attachment! Oz-Deck is different because there is no ledger board required. With post holes and ledger construction one side of the deck is attached to the house with a ledger board that is bolted to the home. Oz-Deck uses the same principle of spreading the load of the deck over more square inches of earth compared to the alternative method of digging post holes and attaching a ledger to the house. Patios, slab foundations and driveways do not have piers in the ground, they rely on distributing the weight over a large area to prevent them from sinking in the ground. Floating deck construction is a similar concept to a concrete patio or slab foundation on a house. Oz-Deck utilizes the floating deck building technique. Oz-Decks are easy to install and can provide the speed to let you finish your decking project in less time with much less work.

The Oz-Deck OD-T4 is an accessory for the T4-850 or T6-700 Oz-Post anchors (pictured above) that allows it to provide load bearing capacity. Oz-Deck post supports are perfect for most deck construction projects.

Floating foundation deck