Laying the Deck.

Dad came up Thursday, (and stayed until Saturday afternoon!) and after breakfast at Tom's Pancake House, we headed to Home Depot to pick up some fasteners and other stuff. We kept Abby with us, which is always an adventure!


I thought that putting the Trex down would go faster than it has, but with making sure we have uniform spacing, and pilot drilling/countersinking every hole is taking some time. However, it is looking really good, and I only have another 11 rows to go. Then railings, stairs, fascia board, etc.

We did some testing on scrap Trex to determine if we'd need to countersink them or not and determined that it looked a hell of a lot better when we countersunk the screws.



Abby has been out helping with her tape measure and cordless drill!