Unfortunately, it got dark out so we had to stop. None of the boards are screwed down, so we had to be very careful.
On the right hand side of the deck, we needed to cut off the ends of the joists. This is where the stairs are going to go.
After putting the rim joists on, we can now start putting down the decking.
This is slow going because it takes three drills. One to drill the hole, one to counter sink, and one to drive in the screw.
We finished the first eight rows before we had to quit for the day. We then laid out the rest of the decking.
Dinkle came over the next day, and we knocked out some more of the work.
My first lunch on the deck.
As you can see on the left hand side, we finished quite a few rows that day. Man, it’s so close I can taste it!!!
I finished raking all the stones from the pile up, and had to use the shop-vac to get the rest.
The first set of stairs, done!!