Decks of the year - Floating Foundation Decks

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Summer 2002

Day 27 (Aug27th):
Well, we thought this had to be a good sign, surely we could finish this project today. But the details of finish work proved to be more demanding than the hours would cover. We are getting down to such a confined area that the three of us could not work on independent tasks.

Tasks to complete: last section of hand railing on the main deck, final design and installation of hand rail for right side of stairs, hand rail installation on left side of stairs, install risers and treads. When listed out it does seems like a good day's work, especially when you want quality work.

Here you can see that last section of main deck posts and hand rails has been completed. That involved removing the treads that we had temporarily screwed down previously, installing the three posts that support this section, installing the 2x6' laterals, the 5/4x6 top cap and finally the spindles.

We then installed the risers and the treads till we came to the tread that will carry the left side hand rail post.

Next we positioned that hand rail support post on the left side of the stairs and worked out the angles needed for the 2x6's on that side.

Next the risers and treads were finished out.

For the right side rail we cut standoff blocking from 4x4 stock temporarily installed a 2x6 to confirm the placement of the blocking.

		We plan to return Wednesday afternoon to complete the hand rails on the stairs. Finally we will walk the project looking for anything that may need final attention. Missed attachments, areas that may need a bit of sanding to smooth out a transition, whatever.

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