Deck: Part 6
Yesterday we continued the slow progress towards actually having a deck. And by the end of the day we did indeed have some actual deck!
Yes indeedy! About 7 boards worth! Doesn’t seem like much really, but we did have to get all the joists installed first, and there was a bit of faffing about with some of the tricker bits for supports around the pillars… Hmm. Still doesn’t seem like too much, but the builder’s doing a good job of getting it all nice and perfect, with mitre joins along the runs etc.
My main job of the day was to start the job of cutting a large number of shorter boards for the “walkway” bits of the deck whenever the big, scary saw was free.
I got a fair few done in the end. So they’ll just need nailing once we’re sure of the spacing. Bec asked the builder if he liked the walkway bit, and pointed out that he hadn’t seemed too sure about what it would be like before, and he said he did indeed like it. So that’s a relief!
So hopefully by the end of next week it’ll be done. Bloody better be! Most of the slow bits have been done now, so things should speed up.