Some of these you may have seen already.Here are some framing pics of the stairs and 2nd Floor Joists going in, and partially decked 2nd floor. 14" BCI on 16" Centers.

If your dumpster is open, your grass gets too high, they don't like your tenants leaving belongings on the deck, you get hit with $500 tickets. 

The new structure will be close enough to an attached deck, that we will have to sprinkle the attached deck (has contiguous roofing), but not the rest of the existing structure. 

Looks like 2 x 6 joists with a double 2 x 6 rim board/ beam on the outside with 4 x 4 posts on an angle for support  by each door. couple of the joists looked like they are double but also noticed a small block nailed onto the end of one of them. check the joists for signs of rot/ damage. if there is none then i would sister the joists with a treated 2 x 6, bolting them together, replace the decking with a 2 x 6 decking screwed down, sister a new 2 x 6 on the outside beam, so you will be tripling it, and then add 6 x 6 treated posts down to footings below at least every 10 feet.

My 20 year old Weber gas grill fell down my full set of deck stairs during a windstorm ten years ago.

A good reciprocating saw and some extra-long blades can cut a few inches off the top and/or sides in 15 minutes no problem.

I pulled out my Leatherman and put the blade into the brick joint to the hilt with no resistance.

There is a deck in the back and front of the house, and the sides of the house are very close to the neighbors, creating obstacles for the work. 

I've been in hundreds of houses where i couldn't smell anything, then when i have to undercut the door jambs, a game changer. red hot blade hitting urine-soaked wood.

Im a roofing contractor so I can manage the roof, decking and I can also manage a lot of finish work myself i.e. window, doors, trim, drywall etc.