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17 (Aug. 6th): The heat finally broke in central Ohio and one of my original helpers was available. The goal today is to finish setting the leveling posts of the main deck. The remainder of the Dek-Blocks needed to be leveled also. We had an electronic transit available so we shot the posts that was set last Thursday and found we needed to make some corrections. After finishing that section, I leveled the rest of the Dek-Blocks and we shot the remainder of the posts, cut them and then re-shot them for confirmation. The posts are all within 1/16 inch of being dead level. |
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Next we wanted to get the 2x6 joists installed and found that the heat and sun had done their expected job on our lumber. Most of the sticks had some very interesting twists to be dealt with. We will most likely need to return some to exchange for material that can be somewhat controlled. All of the 2x6 material was (and will be) attached to the leveling posts via 2 #8x2-1/2" screws as recommended by the folks at Dek-Block. |
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The shadows of the late afternoon make it difficult is see some the detail here, but six rows of the main deck's area has been "topped out". Tomorrow I hope we can complete the installation of the joist material and begin decking this section. Weather is to be cooled again tomorrow so maybe we can get in another long day. |
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