Improving and expanding our back patio has been on the to-do list ever since moving in to our house almost two years ago. Well the time has finally come. After a long time spent debating the merits of various projects we finally settled on a building a smallish wooden deck off the end of our existing concrete patio. This seemed to the best mix of maximum affordability and minimum complexity. Plus it'll just give a lot more usable space.
Even though it's a pretty simple project I knew that I'd have to break it into a couple of weekends to make it more manageable. So this weekend was Phase 1. Here is the 'before' picture:
The things that I did today included:
-breaking up the flagstone and concrete step at the end of the sidewalk
-digging post holes and placing support posts
-building base frame
-settings posts and frame in concrete
Here is the day 1 completed picture:
The things that still need to be done are:
-attach decking
-build built-in bench
-build step from deck to ground level
1 comment:
Mom and I just checked out your deck project. Looks like you made alot of progress in just one day. We'll be anxious to see the finished deck. Your'e doing a great job.
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