Wednesday, June 22, 2016

the new deck

Our deck was aging.  It was wobbly.  It was scary.  Tyler was willing to replace it for us, because he is cool and handy that way.  First, he helped take down the old deck.  This was hard work.  Don was in Minot, so Tyler, Jess, and I did this work.  I got to use a sledge hammer, and I enjoyed it.



 There is our old deck.  The posts were only in the ground ~3-4".  No wonder it was wobbly!  They were not cemented, either.  Just tucked in the ground.


 The following weekend we started the new deck.  Tyler and Jess came over Friday afternoon and we worked until 7:30.  They were back by 8 Saturday morning and we worked until 4.



 Saturday am Bearscat run to keep the help well fed.





 My first Bacardi on the new deck!
 Rushmore was a little reluctant to use the steps at first.

We'll eventually add a railing to the steps.  I love having the deck ground level without the railing blocking my view of the yard and the kids.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Your old deck does sound a little scary and that a new deck was needed. The new deck looks great. A simple design with everything that you need. It looks perfect in the space. I have no doubt you will be spending a lot of time out there enjoying your Bacardi. Good drink!