October 11, 2007

• Deck progress

  I am getting close to being done with the rebuilding of the deck. I took these photos a little while ago and was going to add ones from the pics I took this morning, but my computer is acting like it doesn’t know what that slot where you stick the camera memory is for now, so I will add them later after Donkey sets it straight……

  

  Here is the framing for the steps where there used to be more deck & also the beginning of the frame for the railing on the lower level of the deck. Kitty Juliet’s new favorite spot to snooze is the top of the railing in that corner where it wraps around. I just love that really knarly Live Oak in the background, too!

  

  The steps on this side are nearly done here. The hoses from the pump for the spa run under the steps from the side & into the deck area where the steps can hide the opening. Critters may still be able to get in the hole for the hoses though, so I made the opening (aka kitty hatch) large enough that Juliet can also get in there & keep the population of possums & racoons down like she did before with the old deck. The lattice screen/railing on the near side, top & bottom steps were not done at the time this photo was taken….

  

  An upside-down chaise lawnchair served as a barrier to keep anyone from falling through the old rotten boards or the holes where there were not yet new boards on the lower level. The upper level in the foreground of this photo was completed earlier before our son lost interest in the project and found a “real job.” Yay for having help hefting those 16-footers on the upper level and also for the fact that our son has a “real job” now!

  With my Scotch heritage, I just couldn’t waste the lattice wood left over (especially after all the bother it took to get it home–but that is a story for another post) after I asembled the screen/railings on the deck and I have always wanted an arbor, so I am using up the leftover lattice wood to build an arbor for the gate at the end of our driveway. It looks as though I will also have enough to do some screening around the spa pump, heater and all that stuff, too….

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