Wow, that looks really great! Is your yard sloped any, or mostly flat?
on deck level 2, you mention the pool ladder. Have you thought about building some steps on the outside of the pool to get in? Also, what about steps to go directly from Level 3 to the yard/driveway?
Looks good.
Where is the pump/filter? Will you have easy access to it from the deck?
How soon will you be building this deck?
Take care,
Suz
You might want to scale back on level 3. It is going to be hard to find joists that are longer than 16 feet. Otherwise it looks great, should be plenty of room to entertain.
Planning on doing a 10 foot and an 8 foot, meet in the middle.
If you do the 16' you won't need the footings and beam in the middle. Then you would just need one beam at the end of deck 1 (12' from house) and another beam 14-16' out from there for deck 3. In most states you can do a 2' cantilever over a beam and you would have to step up to 2x12's for the 16' portion.
No offence taken. I've built a few hundred decks and there is absolutely nothing wrong with your plan.