Hello all. With the weather beginning to turn toward Spring we focused our attention on some outdoor projects. There have been several things on the "to do" list that we wanted to tackle in anticipation of spending some quality time outside.
The biggie was figuring out what to do with the back deck. The previous owners gave the area a full foundation in anticipation of building a sunroom, but instead it was covered with these gray plastic faux-boards:
Oh, that stain was rusty water that leaked out of the handle of a metal deck chair. No one died in the filming of this blog. Anyway, the first step was to remove all of that decking to see what shape the floor joists and other wood was. Even though the allure of the plastic is that it's waterproof, we already knew that it let water through that was then trapped in the boards.
Not terrible but not great. We should add that we decided to outsource this project. Could we have done it? Sure, but what the crew did in one week would have taken us 2-3 that we could spend elsewhere. These were the same guys who did such a nice job on the drywall and insulation in the garage. None of the joists needed to be replaced but all the facing around the deck and one other board were rotted through.
One early decision was whether to run the boards all the way across or to frame the deck. We opted for the framing.
We added 2x6 boards around the rim as well under the decking to give us options when it came to install a railing.
Naturally we had to do something with the steps.
With everything together we were pretty pleased with the result.
In the next chapter we'll take over from the guys to do some finishing touches.
Until next time.
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