Building a Pallet Deck

We just built a new house (Passive Solar House) and while we wanted a deck we were low on funds to build one the conventional way.  So since we were using pallets to create garden beds (see previous blog), we decided to use pallets as the based an cover with plywood, stain and volia a new deck. 

Here is what we did:
Step 1: Find Free Pallets - try the following locations; furniture stores, hardware/building supply stores, magazine/printers/publishers, or anywhere they have pallets of 'stuff' to unload.  I suggest calling first to save you a trip, find out who you need to talk to and if they have any to pick up.
Step 2: Level the ground
Step 3: Size up the pallets - unfortunately they are not all the same size and the more uniform you can get them the better for a level deck.
Step 4: Put pallet in place - check level, then put on the plywood and so on.
Step 5: Put ending boards all the way around to cover the pallet up.
Step 6: Paint or stain.
Step 7: Enjoy!