| Re: WEDNESDAY 16 MAY |
Subject: Re: WEDNESDAY 16 MAY by teebee on 2018/5/17 3:10:07 Hey guys.....started off before 8 this morning trying to get the rest of the decking off before noon. Had #1 GS here helping, but still didn't get it done. Every screw, we had to take an awl to scratch out the crap from the Phillips recess so we could unscrew them. And even then there were some that didn't want to come out. Went up to eat and came back and pulled a couple more boards off before I had to run to the 'city' so I could pick up some treated lumber to replace about 8 of the floor joists that had rot in them...not too bad for a 34 year old deck. Picked up some other things I'll need too, beings they had 11% rebate on everything. Also ran out to the golf course south of the 'city' as my #2 GS had applied for a job and needed to drop his application. They told him he had the job, ust needed the app on file. He starts Monday. When I left Menards, I pulled away from the stop light and the load shifted and with the slick bed liner, the 16, 2 x 8s 12 foot long slid right out the back and on the road..... F*#K! I thought I had it tied in pretty good......nope. I back up and, luckily, a friend happened to be right there and saw my situation, stopped and helped me load and get it tied down... this time securely. I got home, unloaded the lumber and supplies and went back to getting the rest of the decking off. Worked until almost dark, but it is done. Tomorrow I'll remove the rotted joists and replace them with the new ones. I also got the beam which had sunk into the soil fixed. That particular post was sitting where, when we built the house, the ramp for the front end loader created for digging the basement. I thought I had it water packed enough before I built the deck. But within 5 years, it had sunk. So, I removed several boards at that time to go in and repair that.....well, it took another 15 years before it was done sinking. So that needed to be fixed again. I'll bolster the beam up tomorrow as well. Time for a shower and hit the hay. |
