Sitting in living room reading…
August 18th, 2012Sitting in living room reading and relaxing in a quiet house. Finished TKD workout, deck prep and laundry. Maybe time for nap?
Sitting in living room reading and relaxing in a quiet house. Finished TKD workout, deck prep and laundry. Maybe time for nap?
I walked out of the house without my bag, so no laptop or badge or anything.
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Yes, the deck is dead. Long live the deck….
I spent an hour this afternoon finishing the tear down of the stairs and moving the whole mess to the debris pile in the front of the house. I then started making strategic cuts with the skill saw to what remained of the deck.
Eventually I gave a quick warning to Rosie that there was about to be a 'big noise' and I cut the last part holding the deck up. In hind sight, I should have captured it on video, it was pretty cool.
So between now and Thursday, I have to finish the clean up. On Thursday the crew comes to break up the concrete pad and haul it away. Then hopefully the new deck can start being built next weekend. My part in this whole mess is mostly done. Now I can let the professionals get to work…
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(No AC and we were in pads most of the time) Followed by a visit to the Amazon company picnic, which basically means hike around this huge field for a couple hours in the sun. Followed by several hours of deck tear down. I'm not feeling very rested.
But the deck tear down was fun tonight, the stairs are GONE! I braced them with an extra 4×4 and then proceeded to remove all nails/screws/supports holding them up. Since I couldn't figure out any other way, I tied a rope to the 4×4 and 'yanked' it free from around the corner of the house.
The first time NOTHING happen. (Insert favorite 'wile e coyote' reference) It had dropped about an inch and was wedged against beams for the small landing. So I put the 4×4 back and took the skill saw to the beams. This time when the 4×4 was yanked out, the whole mess came crashing down. Wished I could have video'd it…..
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All of the flooring is gone and most of the railing. Tomorrow I'll unbolt the stairs and pull down the floor joists.
DeckDay4.MOV (Video)
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@bernard_ben Oh crap-that is nice!
@bernard_ben The sucky thing is that I wasn’t hurting all that bad to begin with….
Unplanned root canal. Don’t recommend…..
Why do dentists ALWAYS make you wait? I’m the only one here and I can hear the Doc in the other room typing!
Upgraded my iMac to Mountain Lion tonight. Just as painless as the MBP last week…..