Deck - Week 10

Installed a few more railings this weekend. Including another stair railing. Only 4 more to go.

The stair railings are getting a little bit easier but are still really mickey-mouse in the way they go together. The screws they come with strip immediately and I've had to use a hacksaw and start over on several of them. I won't be using the provided screws anymore, instead opting for stronger coated exterior screws. At the bottom of the stairs you can see the landing I poured Saturday.

Deck - Weeks 8 and 9

No real work happened on week 8 except for adding a couple of railing sections. Dad came out on weekend 9 to help with the stair railing. Those turned out to be very frustrating to install and we only got one section completed.
We did manage to get all but one railing post installed and we set up the form and frame for the concrete landing.
If the weather holds for next weekend I might get the remaining level railings in place and maybe even some more stir railings. Plus I'll pour the landing and clean up some minor details.

HNY rolls 200k

My 2000 Civic hit the 200,000 mile mark last Friday. I had the camera in the car and couldn't resist marking this milestone.

Deck - Week 7

Starting to plank the other side

Saturday started out nice so I planked the other half of the deck and also finished the step from the kitchen door.

Saw setup on the deck

Having the saw on the deck made things go much faster. Less up and down the stairs saved a lot of time.

Completed step and second half of the deck

Sunday started out rainy (typical I can't seem to get two full days each weekend) but cleared after noon so I finished up some fastenings along the center line, step and outer frame.

One lonely railing

I installed one railing as a reference and also as a test to see how they go together. The railing system we chose has very vague instructions. Now that it's in place, the rest can be built using jigs developed from this first section.