Back Deck

: We invite Paula’s father around and what does he do, makes a mess of our back yard.

: Okay okay that one is plum and straight…

: Cleaning out dado with chisel

: Cutting dado out with circular saw.

: thirsty work… digging all theses holes… oh wait Roley doing the work… lol

: The foreman ensuring everything is correct.

: Removing old vege garden and digging more piles

: The old vege garden… that a fair bit of dirt to remove.

: concreting.. just add water. Roley digging more pile holes.

: Carpet laid. wait what? (free weed mat)

: First joist

: Few more joists

: bolting the face boards… it not coming off…

: ummm hmmm is Roleys fault…

: Looking down on to the new lower deck from the upper deck

: Looking from lower concrete patio

: Few more to go…

: Hmmm my tape measure is around somewhere…?

: Spare parts

: Better have a tidy up.

: Just needs the rest of the balustrades

: Storing deck furniture and BBQ waiting for the new deck furniture to arrive.

: From behind the bar looking out onto the deck

: and a few more

The deck is 6.6m (21.65ft) wide and from the patio it is 3.6m (11.81ft) out

22 Piles. (H5 treated 100mm x 100mm or 4″x 4″)
15 Joists. (H3 treated 150mm x 50mm or 6″ x 2″)
4 Bearers. (H3 treated 100mm x 100mm or 4″x 4″)
20 Joist hangers.
80 Nail plates.
345m of 40mm (H3 treated) decking.
1560 19g 75mm deck screws.
24 150mm coach bolts.
40-50 100mm 14g tex screws