Click TOOLS OF THE TRADE to see some of the tools and equipment we used. Click CREDITS to see the major companies and suppliers we've worked with. |
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6-22-12 Continuing from the end of last season's progress, Jeff laid out more of the rear deck joists, finishing off the SW corner. |
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6-23-12 Jeff finished the joist layout up to the SE corner in both directions. The only other area left to complete is the framing around the chimney. |
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6-24-12 The SE corner joist layout is finished. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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6-26-12 Jeff laid some block around the chimney foundation today after work. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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6-29-12 Jeff finished the rest of the cinder block work today, then framed the joist layout around it. |
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6-30-12 With the rim boards all on, the deck framing is now complete. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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7-4-12 Today began the installation of the deck boards. Jeff started at the NW corner. We decided on screwing a 2-inch-wide spline down the center of the 45-degree joint to hide any possible misalignment of the deck board sets joining at the corner. |
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7-10-12 A few more rows done today. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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7-13-12 Jeff started another row on the west side, then changed gears and laid the first two rows on the north side. |
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7-15-12 Working on north side again today. |
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7-20-12 Working on both west and north sides today. |
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7-21-12 More progress on the north deck today. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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7-22-12 The north deck is finished, except for the last board at the wall, which needs to be scribed to fit. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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7-23-12 Another evening working on the deck. Tonight, Jeff laid the first row on the east side and moved the north electric outlet up on the door buck. |
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7-24-12 Today, Jeff finished off the front deck by scribing the last row of boards for a tight fit. Then he moved on to the west deck, finishing off most of it. Bob worked on moving the rear deck rail posts out to the rim joist in order for us to gain more deck depth. |
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7-25-12 The west deck has just the last row to install next to the house. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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7-26-12 Bob worked on installing the two rail posts on the west side that will allow the rear rail to wrap around the side for a few feet. The east side will have to be done the same way eventually. Jeff finished off the west deck. |
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7-27-12 Our focus was the east deck today. |
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8-3-12 More on the east deck today with Stephen helping Bob and Jeff. |
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8-6-12 Jeff and Stephen worked on one of the last rows on the east deck today. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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8-8-12 Jeff spent some time on the rear deck today, scribing the boards around the two support poles for the future balcony. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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8-10-12 Jeff laid four more rows on the rear deck today. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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8-11-12 Continuing on with the rear deck today. |
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8-13-12 More progress on the rear deck after work. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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8-17-12 The rear deck (and therefore, the entire deck) is done! no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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8-18-12 Now that the deck is finished, we need to build a rail across the rear deck and around the sides for a few feet - any part of the deck that is over 30" above ground. Our plan is to build all of the rail sections first, then secure them between the 4x4 rail posts. |
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8-25-12 For the past week, Jeff has been installing the rail sections. The corner sections were tricky, as they did not connect at a central post in the corner. We decided to fill the spaces between the spindles with rebar sticks cut from our original supply. |
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8-26-12 Jeff installed the first of the rebar fillers between the rail spindles tonight. They are painted flat black for rust protection. We weren't sure we'd like the look, but now we're glad we did it. |
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8-28-12 More of the rebar spindle fillers were put in tonight. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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Jeff completed the rebar spindle fillers across the main rail. Just the short east section to finish. We've been getting quite a few loads of sandy dirt lately, which are accumulating in our front yard. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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Today we began work on the porch roof ledger. Because the roof will wrap around the house, we had to cut off the first of a few overdangles that would be in the way of the roof line. Bob and Jeff worked on that while John spread some dirt around with the dozer. |
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9-8-12 The rebar inserts are now finished and Jeff has started installing the 2x6 caps. no additional Deck/Porch pics for today |
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9-9-12 The caps are finished, which means the entire railing is finished! The top rail brackets and bolts stuck out too far to allow the caps to sit flush, so Jeff "routed" a depression into the underside of the cap at each end with a circular saw. |
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9-21-12 We've been making good progress on the ledger, cutting wedges to place behind it in an attempt to keep it plumb when it's bolted tight. |
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