So my brother and I just wrapped up a second story deck over our walkout patio, and I keep second guessing one thing. The three posts on the right side are spaced differently than the rest because we're planning to put a louvered roof over that section next spring. We set them wider to handle the extra weight later.
My question is wether that uneven spacing will cause any real issues down the road. The beams are sized for the span we used, but I've never done a roof load calc before and I don't want to find out the hard way in five years. shoud I have someone look at the numbers before we ever bolt the roof on, or is that overkill for something like this?
Also curious if an inspector would even flag the spacing when everything else is up to code. We haven't had the final walkthrough yet and now I'm nervous about it. The deck itself feels solid, no bounce at all when we jump on it, but the roof part is what's eating at me. Happy to post pictures of the build process if anyone wants to see how we did the stairs and the railing.