Deck rebuild

[Dwayne]

I like to DIY as much as possible and expand my knowledge and skill set whenever I can. The previous owner of our house kept the deck painted, and I was too lazy to repaint the deck since buying the house in 2006 because I knew the wood was getting long in tooth and painting would be a waste of time and money. So, I used it as an opportunity to DIM (Do It Myself). I wanted to expand the deck a bit in size originally, but that would have involved building permits, inspections, etc, decided to not bother with that. Took a little while since it was a one-man effort, but I think it came out pretty decent, and sturdier than before. Now if we could just get rid of all the mosquitoes that plague the southeast, we'd be set.

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After

[impaire]

Nice! And so much better without that weird wood "fault-line" at the table level...

[Dwayne]

Nice! And so much better without that weird wood "fault-line" at the table level...

That's where the previous owner increased the size of the deck. Of course, the deck also had zero flashing installed where it attaches to the house, so I had to replace a fair amount of siding, too, above and below the deck.

[Mr.Macinstache]

Nice! And so much better without that weird wood "fault-line" at the table level...

Agree. Always best to stagger. Now I want to rearrange that furniture. Put the BBQ against the house. Move the table/chairs out and hang the plants off the front side of the railing.

Good job on the build!

[Eric]

Wow!  That looks awesome!  I love the "action shot" btw.

[Self-employed-swami]

Looks great!

[TrulyStashin]

Beautiful and very inspirational!