undecking

I mentioned ages ago, waaaaaaaaaaay back, that the floorboards of our deck are rotting away…

deck | before shot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is that a hole on the right there? Why, yes, it is…

deck | the hole

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other spots are getting pretty squishy…

deck | rot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So this morning, Joe and David are deconstructing the deck…

deck | sawing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

deck | pulling up the boards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

deck | see-through!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

deck | bye bye old boards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may be asking yourself, hey, isn’t this…

deck | bottomless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

… just one more distraction from all that work that needs to happen downstairs?

The answer is actually no. Windows for whole front of the house — upstairs and down — are coming soon, which means the siding will have to come off and the walls get insulated. The deck is in the way. So new deck gets us new windows!

In the meantime, the staging awaits…

deck | staging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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