Renovating the Wood Deck

This afternoon we added steps to Wood Deck. When we moved the deck from it's original location we had to cut off a three foot section in order to remove it from the Live Oak trees. Today we used this section to add steps to the deck. Once again Gary and Kathryn helped us with the project.

Before they arrived, we had removed two rows of 1-by-6 boards from the deck and had shortened five of the floor joists. We had also added a new 1-by-6 joist the section used to make the steps. When Gary arrived we were ready to attach the steps to the deck and to make minor adjustments in leveling the deck.

Kathryn and Mother went down to Gary and Kathryn's and made sandwiches for us all. We ate lunch at the work site.

The final stage of the renovation will be to repair the bench that is attached to the deck. We will then power wash the deck and apply wood preservative to it.