Our New Deck!

We got a new deck!!!

The old one was, well… old. It was a lot smaller, and had a ramp for the handicap person who lived here prior to us. For our purposes, it was just too small. So we hired Hatcher Pass Builders to build us a new one.

Bryan did the demo work himself, saving us a good $300.00 or so. We now have a pile of used wood: our lawn-mower man has said that he could use the bigger pieces, so next time he comes over they will be gone. The smaller pieces can either be taken to the dump or chopped up and burned (maybe).

Tom, the owner of the company we hired, came out on Friday to do a final check on his plans for our deck. He laid out markers for where he wanted the piles to be, and double checked his measurements. While he was doing that, the lumber was delivered that will be used.

The pile drivers arrived first thing Tuesday morning. It was really quite interesting to watch. Their pile driving thingy was much smaller than I expected, but the piles went 14 feet down – that’s pretty cool.

Wednesday morning had Tom back at our house, and he immediately got to work. It was just him, since the helper he had hired could not make it. Still, he made very good progress. He had the framework done by the end of the day.

The second day had the decking all laid out.

The third day was mostly just finishing touches on the deck itself, and installing the steps & railing.

All we need to do now is stain it!