First I want to thank everyone for being so helpful - especially to John Hyatt :)

We live in the US Virgin Islands on the island of St John so all material had to be shipped in via container. We used Azek decking in the Morado colour and Westbury Aluminum Railings - so far we love all of our choices. Thanks so much for the information on placing the Azek on 12" centers - soooo sturdy.

Parts of our deck had to be built on "stilts" ( for the want of a better word) so the upper deck is in places approximately 20' off the ground.

I for some reason am having difficulty in posting photos but if you want to view the deck finished as well as our journey you can visit our remodel blog and don't worry there are no advertisements and no "logging in" required to view. The first link shows the deck from the living room level and the second documents the tearing off of the old (and then each entry shows our progress)

Hope you enjoy and thanks again.

Piaa

http://onawhimstjohn.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/i-went-to-kansas-city-kansas-city-there-i/

http://onawhimstjohn.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/ill-huff-and-ill-puff-and-ill-blow-your-deck-down/

http://onawhimstjohn.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words/