Terms of use
These terms apply when you use deckulator.com (“Deckulator”, “we”, “us”). By using it you agree to them. If you don’t agree, please don’t use Deckulator.
Deckulator is a guide, not professional advice
Deckulator helps you plan a deck and estimate materials. It uses published span tables and building rules for Australia and the United States, but it can’t know your site: your soil, wind, slope, the house you’re attaching to, the timber you actually buy, or local amendments and council rules.
- Designs, sizes, checks, materials lists, cut lists and plans are preliminary and for information only. They are not engineering, architectural or building advice and are not certified.
- Before you build, have a licensed builder, engineer, certifier or building department check your design for your site, and get any permits you need. You are responsible for making sure your deck is safe and complies with the law.
- Prices are reference prices only: typical retail prices gathered online at the date shown. They are not quotes or offers, and real prices will differ.
- Products, colours and sizes are shown to help you compare. Makers change their ranges, and colours on screen differ from real boards. Check with the maker or supplier and see a sample before you buy.
Your account
You sign in with a code sent to your email. Keep access to your email secure, because anyone who can read it can sign in as you. You can delete your account at any time from Privacy choices. We may suspend accounts that misuse Deckulator.
Using Deckulator fairly
Please don’t:
- break the law or anyone else’s rights using Deckulator;
- try to get into accounts or systems that aren’t yours, or disrupt or overload the service;
- scrape or copy Deckulator’s data, prices or software in bulk, or use automated tools to do so; or
- send feedback or content that is unlawful, abusive or contains malware.
Your designs and feedback
Your designs are yours. You give us permission to store, process and display them so we can run Deckulator for you, and, if you agree when saving, to share them with builders and suppliers as our privacy policy explains. If you send feedback or ideas, we can use them to improve Deckulator without owing you anything.
Builders and suppliers
If you agree to be contacted by builders or suppliers, they are independent businesses, not part of Deckulator. Any quote, contract or work is between you and them. We don’t check their licences, insurance or work, and we aren’t responsible for what they do, so check them yourself before you hire them.
Our content and other brands
Deckulator’s software, text, drawings and design are ours or our licensors’. You may use the plans and lists you make for your own project. Product and brand names belong to their owners; showing them doesn’t mean they endorse Deckulator or that we’re connected with them. Links to other sites are for convenience and we aren’t responsible for them.
Availability
Deckulator is free and provided “as is”. We may change, pause or stop any part of it, and we don’t promise it will always be available or free of errors. Keep your own copy of anything important, such as the PDF plan.
Liability
Nothing in these terms excludes rights you have under the Australian Consumer Law or other laws that can’t be excluded. Where those laws let us limit our liability, our liability for a failure to meet a consumer guarantee is limited to supplying the service again.
Otherwise, to the extent the law allows, we aren’t liable for any loss or damage from using Deckulator or relying on its designs, sizes, checks, quantities or prices, including building costs, defects, delays, or indirect or consequential loss. Because Deckulator is free, our total liability to you for anything to do with it is limited to AUD $100.
Changes
We may update these terms. We’ll change the date above, and if the change is significant we’ll tell signed-in users. Using Deckulator after a change means you accept the new terms.
Law
These terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia, and you and we agree to the jurisdiction of its courts. If you live in another country, you keep any protections the law there gives you.
Contact
Questions about these terms: privacy@deckulator.com.