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Front Deck (01).JPG (47 KB)
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| It's February and it's cold. It's Iowa! I have dug four foot tube footings to place the new deck on. Yeah, I know. But the frost was only a few inches deep... |
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Front Deck (02).JPG (49 KB)
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| The design we settled on included four-foot squares of two inch by six inch decking supported by a two inch by eight inch main frame with two inch by four inch deck board supports. Each board had to be ripped and planed to ensure correct fit in each square. |
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Front Deck (03).JPG (31 KB)
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| We made it to the edge of the stream. Just thirty feet more to go to the garage! That will have to wait until the stream and upper pond are installed - later this year. |
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Front Deck (04).JPG (46 KB)
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| The final deck from the house to the garage, is eight feet wide as it crosses the stream, and is forty-six feet in length. |
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North Deck (00).JPG (71 KB)
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Lets start the north deck project.
This is what the north deck area looked like just after the foundation rock had been installed and we were ready to do final grading. Looks like the Crab Apple stays.... |
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North Deck (01).JPG (62 KB)
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| Here you can see the heavy landscape fabric being installed over the river rock area. The river rock area is four feet wide and extends down below the foundation footings. Yup, the tree is staying... |
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North Deck (01A).JPG (75 KB)
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| Woops! The tree is going! The tree had to go. It was in the way of my concept of the landscape. It was many months before Cathie forgot about this little "removal". |
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North deck (01B).JPG (70 KB)
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| So, this is the beginning of the final grading for the north deck. Nice start. two loads of black dirt. Eight more to go. |
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North Deck (02).JPG (60 KB)
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| View of the north end of the house with the "final" grade completed. |
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