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The deck had some problems. The joists are too far apart. The wood isn't treated. The joists you see here on the east side are the best ones. By the time we got around to replacing the deck, a couple on the west side had broken completely and we had to be careful where we stepped on the deck. The crunching noise is kind of nerve-wracking. Some of the joists were also two boards meeting in the middle. And, the cement had collapsed under the beam on the east as well. Yikes.
I now suggest switching tunes. Consider listening to this (thank you, Rhett and Link) as you look at these photos:
September 10, 2019: Destruction is quicker than construction. And sometimes more fun. The crew from Broderick Builders were very pleasant. I had them save some of the old composite decking, as I plan to build a little walkway between the garden and the raspberries.
September 11, 2019: Take that, collapsing cement! You deserved it!
September 12, 2019: The rubble is hauled out, the ground is compacted, and holes for the footings are prepared. In the footing hole, you will notice some cut PVC pipe. The main irrigation line coming in and two of the four zone lines were under the cement, so I have some work to do in the spring to put the sprinkler system back together.
September 14, 2019: Forms are up and new rebar is in place, ready for cement. Susie worked really hard to get all the peaches picked so they wouldn't land on wet cement. She coordinated to have many neighbors come over to get peaches, too.
New windows! Huzzah! I took this picture on the 14th, after I had put the blinds up. Window World did an excellent job.
September 16, 2019: The concrete guys do their thing.
September 17, 2019: Our new concrete, curing in the rain. I surprised that they didn't have us wet it down regularly, but they may have accounted for that with additives or something. I was also surprised when he told us that they wouldn't put gravel underneath -- he said it wasn't necessary and only added expense if the ground wasn't compacted properly. I trust him.
September 24, 2019: Construction begins.
September 26, 2019: I'm liking it!
September 27, 2019: No, Enoch, you can't go out there yet. Yes, Daddy can, because ... well ... look at it this way. If you die, that is really sad and we will never stop crying. But if Daddy dies, you get lots of insurance money! So, let Daddy be Daddy.
September 30, 2019: Marcus! You can use your doggy door to go potty again! Come on Marcus! Marcus! Marcus, don't you remember how this used to work?
October 4, 2109: I wanted metal railing, not white PVC. Waddya think? (I think Marcus likes it.)
October 5, 2019: The stair railing is done and some little touches are complete. The east side railing is rattling, and I think the builders will correct it. But, if not, I think I can figure out how to stop three noisy pickets from rattling.
October 11, 2019: The awning went up. I love it!
While I have a bunch of stuff here about construction, I will add some photos about what it took to get a good epoxy coating done on the garage floor in July and August. We don't want liquids dripping into our storage rooms anymore, and that was the main reason we wanted it done.
July 29, 2019: The company Envious Garages came out and ground down the floor. I asked them to especially grind down the middle hump, as it is especially high. There were a couple of really, really rough spots, too.
The machine used kept the dust low, but I was amazed how much they ground away. I still have a middle hump, and there still were some rough spots (the company owner told the workers to fix the rough spots but they didn't finish that tough labor ... and I still think the floor is nice and will be fine). In some spots we estimated they ground away 1/4 of an inch of concrete.
July 30, 2019: The next day they vacuumed really well and then applied the color bottom epoxy layer. With the top layer of the concrete ground away, the coating seemed to get absorbed really well.
They then apply a very thick layer of the flakes.
When it has dried enough, the clear, top coating goes on. Notice also that they did baseboards that had also been epoxied around the walls. I was impressed that they could do this.
It is terrific. You can see the rough patch on the right. But, it seemed to get plenty of epoxy on it so it should be fine.
After we let it harden for a few days, we moved everything back in after applying a gallon of paint to the walls. I still haven't put the shelves in and put everything away. (I blame putting everything under the deck in the garage for a month, not the time I spend watching BYU football.)
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