I got back out to the deck this afternoon, and got to work attaching the Azek skirtboards. By 7 o'clock, we had all the skirtboards attached. My dad came over for several hours and had some good tips on better ways to do things. I also borrowed his radial arm saw to cut the 12" wide skirt boards. My chop saw can't cut much deeper than 8", so having the extra reach with the radial arm was a great advantage.
At this point, all I have left is to get the skirt boards onto the side of the steps, install the step railings, and some cleanup activities. It's good to be almost done!
On the computer front, the Apple store was not able to reproduce the problem I was having after two days of testing. The computer came home on Wednesday, and the problems started again on Thursday. I took the computer back today. Fortunately, the store showed me where the loading dock was, so I won't have to carry the PC through the mall again. The good news - they were able to reproduce the problem today, so hopefully they'll be able to figure out soon.One cool thing on the work front, my department will be doing a 3 month trial of 4-10 hour days. This will give me every Friday off! We'll be starting this upcoming week.
Til' next time. . .
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2 comments:
Your deck blog is great! I'm going to copy your clamp part to pull the TT decking together as I've been using a ratcheting strap with success, but the strap is getting too short.
I'm also using Azek for my trim board and was wondering if you've had any problems with expansion and contraction?
I have the TT Teak and wondered how it's holding up (besides fading) and any issues with mold?
Thank you....enjoyed your writing.
Chris
Hi Chris,
Thanks for reading my blog. I've been slacking off lately with updates, but I've got another major project coming up next year which I'll be blogging about.
The clamps worked very well for me and were very economical, plus I had a set of clamps to use when I was done. If you are only building one deck, it's definitely one way you could go. Build decks for a living and I'd recommend buying a Bo-wrench.
I have had no major issues with expansion or contraction of my Azek trim. I did notice one long piece had a very slight wave to it during a very hot spell that flattened out after the weather moderated. I'm probably the only person that noticed it. I wouldn't recommend any other product if you want to go maintenance free.
The deck is holding up very well after a year of use. We have a 60 pound dog and the deck has not shown any scratching. I did notice some minor mold near the gas grill which I washed off. I'm assuming it was from some grease splatter. Other than that, I have not seen any issues with the deck.
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