"Reduce, reuse, recycle"... a deck?!

Erik Vreeken was building a new deck, after renovating his house with Hugh's and Andrew's help. Andrew thought a quick deck would be nice at our house, until we can custom-build something more in keeping with our long-range plans, so he arranged to reclaim Erik's old deck.  Why waste all that lumber?  There must be another 5-10 years in it! 

The Yaris backed the deck frame into the driveway, missing the boat on its trailer by inches.  How would I explain if my husband backed a deck into the boat?  Doesn't a boat usually back into a deck?  But have no fear, Andrew is the only person I know who can parallel park a trailer with a boat on it, and maybe some bikes on the trunk, in Downtown Anywhere.

  

It looked fine in the end, after neighbours helped us carry it to the back, and Andrew put the decking back on the frame - presto!  Instant deck.  For now.

 

Dog-containment project - the fence

We realized that a fence was required to contain Ollie, the puppy who hasn't learned to "Come!" when he's called.  So Andrew approached the neighbours about a line fence.  They were amenable to enhancing the privacy between yards, so we embarked on the building of a fence together, with the help of our buddy Erik Vreeken.



Aligning and digging the post-holes...

 

 Andrew, Neil, H., Paul (neighbour), and Erik take a short break.







Stay tuned for progress (slowed by lack of stain at Home Depot - "on order" for three weeks!)