We've been doing a bunch of work on the house since Spring. I put in beds for bushes, stone around them, started building cabinets for all the walls in the garage (every square inch of walls), added a piece of concrete to widen our driveway, and we just finished a sidewalk that goes from front to back, and got our garden in.
The big project is our deck.
It's enormous. I have no idea what I was thinking. I do all this stuff myself, aside from hiring a buddy to help with the concrete, and it takes me forever. He helped pour the 21 concrete piers, they were 48" deep and we used 8" form tubes. We mixed all that by hand, it was a job.
So the deck is ready to go up, finally.
I designed it and drew the plans a few weeks ago, got all the permits from zoning, the building commission and the homeowner's association, and just bought all the screws and fasteners and stuff yesterday.
I ordered the lumber yesterday and it showed up just a little while ago. When it came off the truck and I got a good look at it, I just about puked. This thing is gonna be the end of me.
Fortunately my father-in-law is going to help, so we should have it done in about a week, weather permitting.
I figured I'd post up pics as it goes so I can see the start-to-finish.
Here she is in imagination stage...

That's our house, the pile, my sweet baby, and the boy.
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This is just a shot from the other end of the pile.
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Scott just remember one board at a time. The next thing you know it will be done and youll be proud and on to the next project........ Staining. LOL enjoy man!
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A deck? Hell, Scott, you could build the whole damn ship with all that lumber! :-)


Best of luck with it, brother.
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Good luck, it will look/be great when done :-) but I don't envy the building part :-)
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p.s after the deck you need a fence, "good fences makes for good neighbors" or something like that, lol
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So when will you be having the first herf on it? :-)
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I can stain this stuff immediately, so it'll be stained before the screws even cool down. :-)
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It's going to look great, or build and Arc like Bruce Allmighty:-)
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Looks like you got some work to do brother. :-)
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It looks like its going to be a nice deck Scott.
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Wow!
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What a great project! yeah, one board at a time.

There is something about working with wood that is so rewarding... for me, at least.
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REminds me of that scene in Evan ALmighty when he gets the shipment to start building the ark lol.

Looks like a fun project! :-)
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Probably before it's even done. :-)
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very nice bro good luck...
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Wow, almost enough wood to build an Ark....just ask Al!!:-)
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Good luck Scott, Just think of smoking on it when you're done :-)
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I feel your pain brother. I am building a 12 x 16 shed. My pile was just a little smaller than yours!!!
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I'm about 60% complete with a deck project myself. I went with TimberTech composite decking at $2/ft as I didn't want the hassle of maintaining the real stuff. I'm probably going to just wait until next year when I make some money again to put up the railings.
At least with my deck, I'm using the existing joists though.

But it was very wise of you to do this while you still had an empty lot to drive through next to you.
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I have to build a shed before Fall, Larry. That's easy. No 20' 2x12's in them. :-)
That has been a HUGE help all along the way. I want to get everything done before they sell that lot. It'll save tons of pain, for sure.
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