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Q: I'd like to run a grade-level walkway from my house to an outbuilding. I'm thinking about using composite decking on its surface, but what is the best way to frame it?
—Mark Tylkowski, Aurora, Nebr.

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Most porch swingers are sedate, but when Katy and her beau crank it up on a warm summer night, they'll need 2 feet of clearance at each end of the swing, and at least 30 inches front and back, to avoid colliding with the house, the porch railings, and their chaperone.