We invite Paula’s father around and what does he do, makes a mess of our back yard.
Okay okay that one is plum and straight…
Cleaning out dado with chisel
Cutting dado out with circular saw.
thirsty work… digging all theses holes… oh wait Roley doing the work… lol
The foreman ensuring everything is correct.
Removing old vege garden and digging more piles
The old vege garden… that a fair bit of dirt to remove.
concreting.. just add water. Roley digging more pile holes.
Carpet laid. wait what? (free weed mat)
First joist
Few more joists
bolting the face boards… it not coming off…
ummm hmmm is Roleys fault… 🙂
Looking down on to the new lower deck from the upper deck
Looking from lower concrete patio
Few more to go…
Hmmm my tape measure is around somewhere…?
Spare parts
Better have a tidy up.
Just needs the rest of the balustrades
Storing deck furniture and BBQ waiting for the new deck furniture to arrive.
From behind the bar looking out onto the deck
and a few more
The deck is 6.6m (21.65ft) wide and from the patio it is 3.6m (11.81ft) out
22 Piles. (H5 treated 100mm x 100mm or 4″x 4″)
15 Joists. (H3 treated 150mm x 50mm or 6″ x 2″)
4 Bearers. (H3 treated 100mm x 100mm or 4″x 4″)
20 Joist hangers.
80 Nail plates.
345m of 40mm (H3 treated) decking.
1560 19g 75mm deck screws.
24 150mm coach bolts.
40-50 100mm 14g tex screws
Main deck lights up and wired in.
Three in deck LED’s deck lighting.
Three in deck LED’s deck lighting.
Three in deck LED’s deck lighting.
