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old one had rotting along the base, rickety railing; decided to get a new one...
Just primer applied here, gonna throw paint on it Monday. So sturdy now you can sit/stand on the edge of the railing, not something I would have tried on the old one!
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We removed the deck adjacent to our house shortly after we moved in. It's amazing what you find doing this (from the previous owners in our case) - of course we found coins, but we also found a necklace, a fork, a bra. . .
I've been meaning to replace my poorly built deck for 23 years now.
Yours looks fantastic.
Enjoy.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Just fyi for "next time", it's easier to paint the pieces before assembly rather than after. ;) I built a new balcony (yes "I") several years ago, and trust me, I wouldn't have wanted to paint it "after".
Anyway, really nice looking!
:)
Nice pics- Green Lantern
I especially like those concrete pillars.
Nice job. I like the way they notched the wood and bolted it together rather using a bunch of ugly hardware. Why did they add the 3 braces on the posts? Was that a permit issue? I would think that the top rafters would have given it plenty of rigidity.
-Rod
You need that diagonal bracing to keep it from "racking". Homes
have the side sheathing (ply/OSB) for that support, this does not, so needed.
Yeah, I know about the angle braces on the posts, but I was talking about the extra beam on every other post. They weren't there in the raw wood version and showed up in the final painted picture adding a third angle brace on the extra beam on every other post. It strikes me as not needed with all the rafters serving that purpose.
-Rod
not sure, most likely for additional support. I made it clear from the start I wanted rigid, sturdy frame work and boy did he come through.To save me money he took his time and separated the good wood I used a couple yrs back to replace rotted out floor boards (the red planks).
It was his suggestion to go with the pergola/overhead awning to block 'some' of the harsh Sun's rays that beats up on it day in, day out.
Once the paint dries I'm going to add a canvas to block it out even more-
canvas example (not my house, but I wish!):
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We did 2x3s which gives 50% shade at noon and mostly shade otherwise. Note to self, paint the top of the trestle another time.My SIL re-did their deck and painted it white with a grey deck. It's really sharp. Your pool has exactly the same coping as ours and a similar view.
Here's a bad pano shot on my buddy's new, at the time, iPhone.
-Rod
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Beautiful pic! Rod
good taste! beautiful,
enjoy!
Boy, does that pool look inviting --- on a crazy 100ºF day. like today!
8^)
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