I've drawn extensive plans for, built, and inspected many decks before being a St Louis home inspector, so, I thought a 'what not to overlook when building a deck' or 'common missteps' list could help people build and maintain decks in a way that helps them enjoy it as long as they should be able to. It's a little thing, but, often, the builder overlooks that the bottom step will be the thickness of the tread too tall, if they don't subtract it from the bottom step in the str