The deck as seen from the dining room window.
A view of the garden in my backyard.
Where the stairs leading up to the deck are going to go.
The right half of the deck completed.
The left half of the deck unframed.
Decking laid out on the left half.
The left half all framed.
We did a lot today. First, we had to pull all of the hangers out and reposition them because of an ambiguity in the plans that we are woring off. We then put up the support beams and blockings. We ran out of a certain kind of wood, so we made a […]
Being that this is a weekday we didn’t accomplish very much. All we did was nail in the hangers onto the ledger and bolt the posts into the 20 foot long boards that would be supporting most of the weight of the deck. We used carriage bolts along with a nut and a […]
We certainly did a lot today. We connected the post caps to the J-Bolts that we had embedded into the cement last time, and we put up the four of the posts, and some of the wood that would support the decking when we finished.
My dad marking where we are cutting the […]
Today started out simply enough with a run for more concrete. I got some 80 pound bags, as they were completely out of the 50 pound bags. I bring it up to the cashier and she goes, “Are these the three dollar bags they have outside?” They were $3.69 each, so I […]
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