First, we took care of some dry rot on the deck off the dining room. This required taking a good portion of the deck apart and rebuilding it. This is the before shot.
It doesn't look too bad, but that big post that "holds" up part of the roof has been sagging for some time, you can tear away the wood at the base with your fingers.
We had to replace the two deck support boards holding up this end of the deck and about a third of the deck that isn't protected by the eave.
Two of the three robins nests, one got dislodged during the construction process. We are negotiating with the owners for appropriate compensation: more bird seed.
The first day ended with the deck floor rebuilt and a new post actually holding up the roof. We had to jack it up over two inches to get it back to level.
Replacing the railing was the second days task. Maybe not as hard to do physically, but equally as hard or harder mentally, all those measurements to get the spacing just right.
You will notice that it rained the second day just to remind us that we were in Oregon. Once the frame got up it was all detail work.
It looks pretty good now, even gets Bailey's approval
Not bad for a weekends work!
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