Deck Spring/Summer 2009
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Day 1 Original Deck 		 
The Original Railing 		 
Original Deck Posts 		 
Original Deck Posts in the ground
 
Old Deck Top of Post 		 
Deck Post Bottom 		 
Railings Removed 		 
Removing Decking
 
Removing Joists 		 
Rotten Sheeting 		 
Rotten Sheeting 		 
Day 2 Deck Rot
 
Rotten Header 		 
Rotten Studs 		 
Rotten Sill Plate 		 
Deck Rot
 
three lally posts 		 
Day 3-4 Temporary Beam 		 
Beam on Lally Post 		 
Day 5 emoving Header
 
Nail Remover 		 
Nail Remover Closeup 		 
New Header 		 
Nailing the Header
 
Day 6 The Last Stud Standing 		 
Removing Studs 		 
Just half a stud left 		 
The New Wall
 
The New Wall 		 
Day 7 Insulation 		 
Cutting insulation to size 		 
Insulation all taped up
 
Sheeting 		 
Sheeting is Done 		 
Day 8 Housewrap 		 
Housewrap done
 
Ledger board temporarily nailed in 		 
Day 9 Deck Layout 		 
Leveling Ledger Spikes 		 
First Stake
 
All ledger stakes 		 
batterboards 		 
Engineering Control Centre 		 
Outer Rim String
 
Parallel Batterboards 		 
More layout lines 		 
Lines not in right position 		 
Painted Centre of post hole
 
Painters Tape 		 
trying to get square 		 
Crop Circles 		 
Big foot
 
End of Day 		 
Day 10 digging first hole 		 
Oh oh 		 
Oh oh closeup
 
bye bye Don 		 
Don is back 		 
Digging 2nd hole view from house 		 
boulders
 
Day 11 preparing the holes 		 
getting the gravel 		 
dumping gravel 		 
accusations
 
Big foot all set up 		 
Trimming Sonatube 		 
Fitting Sonatube on bigfoot 		 
big foot in the hole
 
Terry helping out 		 
Backfilling 		 
3 filled holes 		 
Beer Break
 
extra fill 		 
end of day 11 		 
Day 12-13 Avoiding Hydro Lines 		 
Final Holes
 
Serious Precision 		 
Goodbye Don 		 
Gravel 		 
Backfilling
 
day 14-18 backfilling 		 
Day 19-20 concrete 		 
moving the bags 		 
fill 'er up
 
Mixing the concrete 		 
Mixing the concrete 		 
concrete consistency 		 
more shoveling
 
cutting rebar 		 
Rebar 		 
pushing in rebar 		 
Pusing the rebar down
 
Rebar 		 
j bolt ancher is in 		 
Simpson post saddles 		 
taking a break in NC
 
Ready for posts 		 
sketchup 		 
sizing posts 		 
water level
 
cutting posts 		 
Perfectly level 		 
Level that way too 		 
protecting pt ends
 
beam spacers 		 
beam with spacers 		 
beams 		 
dirty clamps
 
sandwiched beams 		 
beam junctures 		 
rim joists 		 
Joist positions
 
post flashing 		 
post flashing 2 		 
Swiffer asleep 		 
Header
 
Joist for Header 		 
Header Board 		 
half of the header 		 
Joists to the house
 
Joists on the header 		 
hurricane ties 		 
hurricane ties 		 
Header is done
 
joists 		 
Joists 		 
ankle 		 
Titan
 
Titan Blocking 		 
Day 27 all the joists 		 
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joists attached
 
Day 28 Caulking 		 
Taping 		 
Flashing Tools 		 
Day 28 Slits in Flashing
 
flashing entire ledger 		 
more caulking 		 
Platform 		 
nailing the decking
 
spacing 		 
spacers 		 
end spacing 		 
jigs
 
chairs 		 
swiffer 		 
Day 29 Happy Anniversary 		 
Day 30 Nathan
 
Boys & their guns 		 
Boys & their guns 		 
Post location 		 
Day 32 Drilling Hole for Titan
 
Pounding 		 
Pilot holes 		 
Lag Screws 		 
Drilling
 
Posts are up 		 
Party Begins 		 
Too many drinks 		 
Day 33 railings
 
jigs 		 
nailing jig 		 
Placing the Railing 		 
Placing the Railing
 
Day 34 Last railing 		 
Day 35 Glass Rail 		 
bottom rail 		 
stickers on glass
 
Final glass railings 		 
Day 36 Hand Rail 		 
Sanding Hand Rail 		 
Screwing last hand rail
 
Complete railing 		 
Complete Glass Railing
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