Are the beams, "on the edge of the pile", or over the edge?

What size beams? What size piles? Location? Soil condition?

If you want an informed answer, give us details of the problem.

Most important question is, what is the load, and what do you mean by 'deck'.
If it's just timber piles and a timber deck which is going to have humans strolling about on it... ?
I don't see it's really a problem, either build square onto the tops of the piles (a 6" overhang isn't a problem) Or if its a problem of miss-aligned piles then bolt aditional timber to the side of the miss-aligned piles to provide a new 'top' in the right place.
Sorry if I've somehow got entirly the wrong end of the stick here.
Del

I assume that you have a beam spanning parallel to the wall of your existing structure, and that this beam will support the floor framing for your deck and the roof above it? If all that is being supported is 6' of roof and 6' of floor total (3' of each will be distributed to your beam), then the loads we are talking about are relatively small.

You could bolt a plate (timber or steel) to the side of the piles, and bear the beam on this plate. The size of the bolts, how many to use, spacing and edge and end distances of the bolts depend on the material of the plate, the pile, the bolt, and the loads involved, so it is difficult to give you much more information with so little to go on.

You could also cut the piles down lower and keep the beam running along the top of the piles in their current location, and the floor framing could run over the top of the beam to achieve the width you desire and not frame into the side of it. This would be quite easy to do and a 1' cantilever will not be a problem.

Good Luck!

-Y/E

Hi Guest,

There are some pretty nifty carpentry tricks that you can use to make the cap both functional and decorative so that, to the untrained eye, it will look like you meant to put the over-hang there. Try Googling the words "dentil block" or "knee brace."

http://www.crownmoldings.net/ccp0-prodshow/Century-Architectural-Specialties-Dentil-Block-CB722.html?source=googlebase