Thank goodness for long 4 day weekends. There is about an 80% chance that 100% the deck will be completed by close of business on Monday.
Yesterday the husband and wife (mostly the husband) worked on the stairs. I have never been looking forward to a set of stairs so much in my life. It has been two really long weeks of letting the pugs out the front door to go to the bathroom. Getting them out is not hard. Getting them in is virtually impossible.
First piece of business was to remove a small amount of sod from the area where the stairs would be coming off of the deck.
Next up was the assembly of the pre-formed braces. The husband needed a bit of help holding things together so baby girl did a bit of supervising on the deck.
Then came attaching the assembly to the hangers on the deck.
Finally the stair boards.
There was an issue. The top stair is slightly bigger than the others and will require a small additional board piece (or the purchase of a 5 1/2 inch wide board vs. the 5 inch boards we have). Take home message here is that the stairs are not done. Close but no cigar.
I am starting to have serious doubts that this project is ever going to get done.
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