Deck Remodel – Tuesday (day 12)

Vic and I put up a few joist hangers today and then measured for some new joists.  Vic helped mark for the cuts and after helping me drag the heavy boards to the saw, and getting them set up I let him carefully perform the cuts.

There's something refreshing about seeing the brand new joists in place...

Then after nailing them in place it was dinner time.  No time to do anything after eating though.. the sun has already set!

Deck Remodel – Saturday and Sunday (day 10-11)

Well lots of activity going on this weekend.  Spending time with family is definitely a better choice than slaving away on the deck.  I did manage with Jenny’s help to slip in a few more posts.  We put two up on Saturday.

Only two posts left to do.. and YES that old 4x4 posts is that bent!

Sunday was very nice and cool.  It is amazing how much perspiring I do when I work… so I really like the cooler weather. We finished up the posts, and meanwhile set the kids to weed-pulling.

Finally!

Deck Remodel – Friday (day 9)

Another post up.  I think we have just 4 to go then.  A few more joists and then I can start decking!

This one is number 4

Deck Remodel – Thursday (day 8)

Sorry if anyone had trouble getting to the site.  This evening I ended up moving it to a regular hosting site as the free one just wasn’t up a lot of the time and I got a little tired of dealing with it and not being able to publish a post until their server(?) was […]

Deck Remodel – Wednesday (day 7)

Not much progress today. I braced a portion of the outer face board in order to pull down another post. Then I backed out the lag screws attaching the face to the post.  Unfortunately this time the post came out of the ground along with the concrete pad. Like many other parts of the existing […]