Restart the Porch Decking Installation

Day #75

July 5, 2019 – This morning when I awoke, the significance of the comment Troy made yesterday evening came bursting through. I needed to restart the porch decking installation from the outside edge otherwise, the mitered corner of the picture frame would not work. It was all clear, finally! This is what I did.

 

Porch Decking Restart
Restart of the porch decking from the outside edge.
Porch Decking Restart
Porch deck ans snake screen installation.

Restarting the deck installation allowed the picture frame pieces to meet at a 45° miter.

Picture Frame - Deck Restart
45° miter on the outside corner at the “picture frame” pieces.

While I worked on the porch addition the rest of the family was busy filling the dumpster. Over the years we have accumulated literally tons of junk.

Dumpster
Filling the dumpster with all the junk.

The Old Shed is filled with a bunch of nonsense and has needed a good cleaning for quite some time. (For those following along, at the Cot-Taj-Mahal we have a New Shed and an Old Shed.) Welp now it’s all cleaned out!

The Old Shed
The Old Shed at the Cot-Taj-Mahal in the Land Before Time.
The Old Shed
Ha look Ma! It’s all cleaned out!

At some point in the day the fire ring was rebuilt. It’s now a two story fire ring… cee.

New Fire Ring
Narley supervising the fire ring construction.

It was a very hot and humid day at the Cot-Taj-Mahal. Two very rare “McVeytown Viper’s” somehow made it thru and onto the snake screening to sun themselves. After shoeing them back under the cottage I knocked off for the day. I managed to get the restarted deck section mostly complete. Tomorrow I will move the first four deck pieces that I started yesterday forward to finish the section.

McVeytown Viper
Ssssnnnakes on the deck!
Decking Restart
End of the day, first section almost complete.

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