Hello, Our house's deck did have wood boards, and my plan is to simply replace the wood boards with composite boards. My joists were 24" OC so I added a new joists between each row to bring it down to 12" OC. The joists are running parallel to the house, so I would run the new boards perpendicular as the wood ones were before. A family friend noted that this is not how I should proceed. "Running the boards the way you are is definitively not ideal, and truly no professional installer would recommend doing it that way" (I don't see how I have a choice without re-framing) "Rules of thumb 1) come off the door with a full edge of the board tucked under 2) have a horizontal board hanging over the stairs" "with a picture frame you can check off those two rules. Also a picture frame will increase the valuation." I personally just want to run the boards how I am currently planning to, I know there will be unfinished ends. But if more people agree with him and add some extra input, I still have the opportunity to change gears.

Adding steps to my deck in back yard. Steps are going into grass yard. Need advice on the footers. Stairs are going to be 12 ft wide. My question is should i put the stringers every 16 in? And if i do, how much distance between footers.