Posts, Ledger Board: Oct 15-21, 2005

Oct 15: Memorable first day!

First Dave & I hauled some gravel and went to Lowe's to buy some tools/hardware.

Fueled by some Indian food (cooked by Manisha) and assisted by some Labatt's, we (Reddy, Dave & I) broke ground! We marked the deck corners, dug a few holes, poured concrete and installed post anchors in the dark. The errors introduced by the beer apparently canceled the errors induced by the darkness.

Results:
- Deck area marked off by weed block and gravel
- 5 x 3ft deep holes filled with concrete and topped by wet/pronged post anchors
- Muscle aches for the next 2 days!

Follow-up (Oct 17-20, 2005):



I unrolled more weed block and spread the gravel until the post line. I also prepped the ledger board and estimatedplanned the work to be done for the flashing & ledger board.

Follow-up (Oct 17-21, 2005):

With help and advice from Ajmal and Uncle (Munawar's dad), I prepped (more like ripped :-) the siding, installed vinyl/tar paper for water proofing, and installed the ledger board with lag screws (with caulking).