Been working on the decking.
We decided to go with cedar decking using Sherwin Williams semi-transparent oil based deck stain covered bridge color.
Louis likes the little diving board esk ends hanging off the ends of the deck.
Our old deck was riddled with rotten wood, sooo... we are replacing it. I wanted to document how the deck is built, just in case there is ever any question as to how did we do that??? This will be a slow process, the goal is to get it done this decade...
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Started putting decking on the ramp. After years of consideration pros cons etc, we decided to use treated decking.
We decided to use an under deck mounting system. The screws go up into the decking boards at a 60 degree angle.
See, no visible screws :)
We will eventually stain/ preserve the top to keep the water from soaking in the top of the decking, more on that later...
We decided to use an under deck mounting system. The screws go up into the decking boards at a 60 degree angle.
See, no visible screws :)
We will eventually stain/ preserve the top to keep the water from soaking in the top of the decking, more on that later...
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Been working on the ramp lately.
We have alot of metal on the ramp. I guess when the big earthquake happens we can sit on our deck and ponder what to do about our house... ;)
Here is a shot of some of the metal.
Here we got all the joist work done. It is too steep to be ada approved. The slope is 2 inches per foot of run, which is the same slope as the ramp out front.
(ada is max 1 inch per foot of run)
I found some metal joist hangers made specially for ataching to concrete.
We have alot of metal on the ramp. I guess when the big earthquake happens we can sit on our deck and ponder what to do about our house... ;)
Here is a shot of some of the metal.
Here we got all the joist work done. It is too steep to be ada approved. The slope is 2 inches per foot of run, which is the same slope as the ramp out front.
(ada is max 1 inch per foot of run)
I found some metal joist hangers made specially for ataching to concrete.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
We started on the deck roof.
So we have something to stand on while building the covered area of the deck. I put plywood on the deck. To make it easier to build the roof, I also built a temporary deck over the area where the stairs will eventually go.
Dana came by and helped me put up the posts and beams for the covered area of the deck.
We used 4x6 beams. with 4x4 knee braces.
The 3 posts on the outside of the deck are 4x4 and go all the way to the ground, 2 of which are attached to the deck.
(The ramp will eventually go down alongside these posts.)
The 3 posts near the house are 4x6 and are notched and bolted to the deck beam.
So we have something to stand on while building the covered area of the deck. I put plywood on the deck. To make it easier to build the roof, I also built a temporary deck over the area where the stairs will eventually go.
Dana came by and helped me put up the posts and beams for the covered area of the deck.
We used 4x6 beams. with 4x4 knee braces.
The 3 posts on the outside of the deck are 4x4 and go all the way to the ground, 2 of which are attached to the deck.
(The ramp will eventually go down alongside these posts.)
The 3 posts near the house are 4x6 and are notched and bolted to the deck beam.
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