Once Rick got back, we all positioned the front stringer on three concrete piers (only a little adjustment as to their position was required), cut the 4"x4" posts to level the stringer and attached the hangers and joists. All that remains to do now is to attach the cedar deck boards using screws and construct a ramp and set of stairs so as to get up and down to and from the deck.
6'x16' Deck Nearing Completion
Nearing Completion
Much of the construction was done under the watchful eye of Penny, the Labradoodle. As Eric had brought his dog, Buddy, with him and the two pooches entertained one another. (In reality, Buddy just wanted to be left alone so he could figure out how to spring the gate to chase after a cat that would have beaten the crap out of him or just to go across the street and smell the California poppies int he neighbor's yard.) Penny seemed very pleased with the new deck ans sprawled out upon it as soon as we laid the deck boards.
Penny the Labradoodle
Rick is a bee keeper with 5 or 6 hives at various places including one at a friends house a little over a mile away. He works on his boxes in his yard sometimes and had one set in the back that was unoccupied until a few weeks ago when a wandering hive found it and took it over. For all he knows, these may be the same bees that swarmed over at his friends place a month ago.
Volunteer Bees
(Check the entry on the left. They're busy as...well...bees.)
3 comments:
Looks like a nice constructive way to spend a day (bad pun alert).
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Wow. It looks promising! Can you show us how your deck looks like now? Anyway, the construction materials that you used (whatever they were) would’ve had a greater effect on how a deck would look like. The type of timber that was used should be decided upon properly. Pine is one of the cheapest materials that can be used. If treated, it would look as good as a hardwood deck.
Alphonse Daigle
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