I'm going through withdrawal...

[chopsaw]

think we’ll be happy with the results.

Sounds like great choices to me , and quality materials . Looks like you have a good Contractor too .

 

[normanaj]

If any of the exterior access points can be opened , you should have something that will support 200 lbs . Because people open the door and lean on what's there to look out .
Best thing to do is disable them somehow . Cut a 1 X 2 and put it in the bottom track on your sliders .
For man doors with knobs , you can get a deterent for kids and older folks . They slip over the knob , and spin so the knob can't be turned .

This is actually code here. Door can't be operable.

A couple of 2x4s across the man doors to keep it from swinging in and/or screw it shut works. I get that if no interior work is being done then the 2x4s create extra unneeded work so that isn't a great option and in that case I remove the knob leaving the striker intact and cover the hole with some blue tape,I do this regardless.

When the project's over and it's time to open the door to re-install the hardware I always have one of these guys handy:

 

[chopsaw]

actually code here.

Same here . Contrator would do it before any demo work .

 

[civilsmoker]

Wow that is gonna be nice once it’s done…. I would be breaking in that grill on the stove post hast just to see how it does!

I know a thing or two about living in a remodel….we cooked on the RT and Weber for a couple months while our kitchen was out of service….but I can’t imagine being grill-less for that long….I would be at risk of breaking into a local bbq place just to cook some grub! lol.

 

[Smoke-Chem BBQ]

Love the idea of the clear views on you deck, and I know it is allowed to have the cables, but I as a buildealwaysworried about the climb idea ( they are not allowed here if the deck is over 13 feet , why they picked that height IDK. You can hurt yourself at a lot lower height in a fall onto hard ground.

First of all, I'd like to thank again those who stressed the notion of physically blocking all doors that now open out into space, rather than relying just on a bunch of caution tape over them. It was too late do do anything about hard barriers like 2x4s, but I do now have furniture positioned in front of every door.

Local code seems less rigorous here in Idaho (so we hired an engineering firm to draw up the deck plans, rather than leave it up to a contractor), but my wife was also very concerned about the grandkids we don't have yet climbing up and over horizontal cable railings. I assured her it wouldn't be a problem; that's what electric fence chargers are for. But she didn't like that idea either.

So we went with vertical cable railings instead, much like those pictured but with a thinner top rail. Just on the lake side, we'll have thin aluminum picket railings from the same company on the other three sides, and on the lower deck which isn't really used as a place to hang out. Saved a bunch of money not using cable everywhere.