Get bent!
Fall arrived in August today - it was in the low 50's for most of the morning and windy as heck. By the midafternoon it warmed up enough that we could remove out sweatshirts and fleeces while in the sun, on the deck.
We started fresh with assembling the first bent this morning. Shortly, it became evident that things were not fitting as we thought they should. A couple of the interior 2x6es were too long for the spots they should fit in (they sandwich the knee brace inside the post).
About this time, Mimi and Pop showed up. They had just gotten back from vacationing at the Jersey shore and decided to come up and help out for the day. We put Mimi to work painting the bottom side of the decking for the loft with flat white ceiling paint. We visited an 18 foot Original FirstDay where the owner had painted the bottom of the decking white before installing it. We thought it gave a really nice sense of space to have the ceiling between the beams reflecting light, and easier to do by far before the deck is laid.
Meanwhile, Wendy cut decking for Mimi and Pop and I looked into our latest Scooby Doo Mystery. Once we determine the correct length, we cut the pieces we had down to size and nailed together our first bent! We got Wendy and Mimi up on the deck to help raise it, and with them guiding the legs down and Pop and I lifting from the upper corners, it went up pretty easily. Getting the post legs into the nicely cut holes in the deck was another story, but we managed it just fine.
We cut pieces for two more bents and got them up and braced in place by the end of the day.
Since the kids were passed out at Grandma Lana's house after a big family celebration type party, we went to dinner with Mimi and Pop before calling it a night. Tomorrow we need to raise the remaining four bents and see if we can get them into shape to start the decking.
We started fresh with assembling the first bent this morning. Shortly, it became evident that things were not fitting as we thought they should. A couple of the interior 2x6es were too long for the spots they should fit in (they sandwich the knee brace inside the post).
About this time, Mimi and Pop showed up. They had just gotten back from vacationing at the Jersey shore and decided to come up and help out for the day. We put Mimi to work painting the bottom side of the decking for the loft with flat white ceiling paint. We visited an 18 foot Original FirstDay where the owner had painted the bottom of the decking white before installing it. We thought it gave a really nice sense of space to have the ceiling between the beams reflecting light, and easier to do by far before the deck is laid.
Meanwhile, Wendy cut decking for Mimi and Pop and I looked into our latest Scooby Doo Mystery. Once we determine the correct length, we cut the pieces we had down to size and nailed together our first bent! We got Wendy and Mimi up on the deck to help raise it, and with them guiding the legs down and Pop and I lifting from the upper corners, it went up pretty easily. Getting the post legs into the nicely cut holes in the deck was another story, but we managed it just fine.
We cut pieces for two more bents and got them up and braced in place by the end of the day.
Since the kids were passed out at Grandma Lana's house after a big family celebration type party, we went to dinner with Mimi and Pop before calling it a night. Tomorrow we need to raise the remaining four bents and see if we can get them into shape to start the decking.
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