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Back to the deck

Posted in Building, tagged , , , , on January 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Monday was a holiday, so we stretched our weekend for another workday. For once, it was not raining – it wasn’t even that cold. So we threw open the doors, set up the chop saw, and headed back out to finish the deck. What was  left? The stair railings and the lattice that screens the [...]

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Some days you’re the bug

Posted in Building, tagged , , , on October 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

You know the saying, “Some days you’re the windshield; some days you’re the bug?” Today I was the bug.       Today we worked on deck #3. The tasks that were left fell into two distinct categories: interesting and complicated (rip a long, thin triangle piece we need because part of the deck runs [...]

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Deck #1, #2

Posted in Building, tagged , , , on July 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Today at dusk the last screw went in along the last chalk line – save the edge and railing, the first deck is done! It looks gorgeous, actually, with the boards laid diagonally so they take your eye out over the creekbed and into the trees, but it did take longer than we expected. Our [...]

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