The Deck, Part Deux

After another week, we finally have something that resembles a deck. We've actually accomplished more that I expected. Keep in mind that neither of us should have been trusted with power tools in the first place, so any progress is noteworthy. After setting the pressure treated 4x4 beams, we put 48 Cedar 2x6's on the beams. Then we back primed them using Ready Seal, and started screwing them into place. We were only able to secure 11 of the boards before we lost daylight, but the remainder should go relatively quickly (so long as we don't kill one another in the process.)

Here's the deck once the beams were secured. This took a LONG time since the 4x4's were somewhat warped. Keeping things level has certainly been a challenge.

Finally, we have planks. The stain isn't uniform, but it doesn't matter at this point. The deck will be sanded before it is stained "for real." The reason it's stained at all is because I used too much Ready Seal on the back side and it ran around to the front. Oh well, it's only $80 for a five gallon bucket. (DOH!)