This weekend i'm heading up to Priest Lake to build a deck for my folk's cabin. Originally we were going to just pull the old topping off the existing deck and replace it with fresh redwood 2x6 topping. Upon pulling off the old topping, we discovered the suports were all rotten and would need to be completely replaced.
I think it's better this way though. Whenever you do a remodeling job, you never know what you will uncover. The projects almost always tend to be way bigger than orignally thought. Rather than trying to salvage what was already there, we decided to completley demolish every last remenant of the old deck and start from scratch.
I think it's better this way though. Whenever you do a remodeling job, you never know what you will uncover. The projects almost always tend to be way bigger than orignally thought. Rather than trying to salvage what was already there, we decided to completley demolish every last remenant of the old deck and start from scratch.
We will be building a 24' x 12' deck. I have some experience with framing and would consider myself somewhat of a "handyman". I have enlisted some help from my father and brothers whom have little to none experience. We'll see how this goes...
************* the aftermath *************************************
Well. It went pretty well. Even though we did our share of drinking while building. See pics below.
(Yup. We had the women with sangrias making sure we were level)
(Tah Dahhh!)Not too shabby looking. A splash of stain and a couple steps and it's ready for parties. Next step will be fabricating a railing/bench system all around. But we'll save that for another day.
