Patio / deck work at my folks. pics!

I have been working on a little project out at my folks house and figured I would post up some photos of the progress..



http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm126/chad4000/6.jpg

had to take out some boards first.. then I extended it out a little..


http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm126/chad4000/4.jpg

put a concrete block under the 45 degree corner there to ensure people could stand right on the edge there without if flexing or sinking at all.

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm126/chad4000/3.jpg

the weights are on there to work out some of the warp in the lumber. I think it turned out pretty good.

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm126/chad4000/2.jpg

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm126/chad4000/1.jpg

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...had4000/12.jpg

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm126/chad4000/7.jpg

and of coures I had my assistant helping too!

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm126/chad4000/5.jpg

Think it turned out alright so far. I will be putting a railing around the whole thing, sanding the old lumber and staining, or painting the entire thing so that it all matches. This was my first real attempt at something like this, so I am kinda learning as I go, but very fun and really cool to see it coming together.

What do you guys think?

Nice..Looks like you had a good helper.

Looks good. Keep up the good work.

very nice looking!

My deck is next. When can you make it up to Bailey? I'll clear my calendar.

(Nice work!)

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

My deck is next. When can you make it up to Bailey? I'll clear my calendar.

(Nice work!)

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Haha... I can do weekends! Lol... I'm actually always looking for side work! Lol

Awesome!

Looks good.

Looks great! Nice work!!

Looks like you had the whole Crew out there. Did you you do any actual work or did they do it all?

[ROFL1]

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Originally Posted by Byte Stryke

Looks like you had the whole Crew out there. Did you you do any actual work or did they do it all?

[ROFL1]

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Had my dog, "rock steady" dig the holes, julian, my son, did the hammering (i used all screws lol) , my wife fanned me with a big leaf and I drank a mai tai haha.

So I figured that I would bring this thread back a little.. More stuff been going on, so the progress on this deck project has slowed down. but I put in some time yesterday. what do you guys think?

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...kprogress1.jpg

That's the first section of railing I got up..

working on the angle piece now. apparently I need some different brackets or that would be up too...

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m.../progress2.jpg

and for the record, my mom (whos house it is) decided which way she wanted the railing facing lol... so I think it's backwards, but it's supposed to be like that lol

Very Nice!!!
Is that redwood?

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Originally Posted by tmjohnson

Very Nice!!!
Is that redwood?

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That's what she said! [ROFL1]

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Originally Posted by tmjohnson

Very Nice!!!
Is that redwood?

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ya know,, im not sure.. it's pre made fencing stuff from lowes...

Time to bring this back again lol.. Got some more work done over the weekend!

some more sections of fencing up..

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...4000/deck3.jpg

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...4000/deck2.jpg

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...4000/deck6.jpg

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...4000/deck4.jpg

and of course had my helper with me!

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...4000/Deck1.jpg

Seen and killed about 5 of these little guys during the project too.... ugh lol

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...4000/deck7.jpg

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Originally Posted by Chad4000

Haha... I can do weekends! Lol... I'm actually always looking for side work! Lol

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Pm me your info. My wife and I want to build a deck at the house but don't even know where to start. Like placement, size, permits, etc

Chad not sure if you PMed me your info... We are starting to get bids for building a deck