Deck Progress

Our friend, Taylor, that is taking on the deck project for us came up with the above design for the deck after working with us.  It is pretty fun to think through what it will look like.  As you can see, we are adding steps down from all three sides.  We think this will really make the yard more accessible and be more conducive to people just hanging out more casually out there.  We are going to try to put some lights on the steps, as well, if we can find some that will work.  So excited! 

We have made some good progress pulling off all of the decking boards from the support joists.  The kids (i.e. "The Muscle") are working to dig out the grass and the dirt around the outside of the deck that will at some point become foundation for the steps.

Here you can see the entire support structure exposed.  We need to go through each board to see if it is warped and/or water damaged.  Replacements will be inserted for any that are too far gone.

This is a common sight these days with Taylor being a perfectionist.  He has spent countless hours just working on getting the foundation level and straight.  By his words, if this isn't almost perfect then when you get to the new decking material you will have a nightmare on your hands.  We really appreciate all of his hard work!