Moving Our Wood Deck

Today Gary and Kathryn Roberts helped us move the wood deck from our vacant lake lot to the property in front of the shop. The deck had been built with pressure treated lumber in the mid 80's by previous owners. It was designed to nestle in between the live oaks on the lot and was still in very good condition. There was a section cutout to allow one of the trees to grow through the deck.

Before we could move the deck we had to cut off three feet which included the section around the tree. After this section was removed, we used come-a-longs to pull the deck to the north to get it from between the trees. Once we had moved it out of the trees, we were able to use the trailer hitch on the pickup to remove it from the lot. We then pulled it down the road and onto the lot. We were then able to use come-a-longs and the pickup to position the deck among the live oaks on the lot. We then placed cinder blocks under the support beams and leveled the deck.

We will need to make a few minor repairs to the deck and the benches attached to it before we pressure wash it and apply wood preservative to help protect it.

After we finished moving the deck we took Gary and Kathryn to Corinia's Mexican Restaurant and had dinner with them. We were the last group of people to leave the restaurant. When we entered the parking lot we saw a small schnauzer puppy that was apparently lost. Kathryn picked him up and found his name and his owner's telephone number on his collar. We asked our waitress to see if she could call his owner to let them know we had found "Mr. Pepper". A few minutes later they drove to the parking lot to met us and to get their dog.