" Carpenter ants cause significant damage to the porch deck. To eliminate a termite or ant colony and prevent further damage monitoring stations containing pieces of soft pine were installed around the property. The stations are checked monthly and when insects are detected a bait station containing termite growth inhibitor is substituted for the wood. The insects carry the bait back to the colony causing the eventual elimination of the -- A pressure treated four by four post set in a post holder on a concrete footing now supports the girt which is made of doubled up two by eight dimensional lumber. It is positioned under the middle span of the deck and rests in a girt pocket created in the brick support wall. All of the new support structure for the porch deck is made of copper chromium arsenic pressure treated wood from arsenal's. It is warranted against termite and fungal decay and will be very durable."

" OK so now Glen is already firing off some of the mahogany one by four decking that's going down so that it's starting to look finished at that end. Here you've got a good shot of the restructuring. Almost all of it is pressure treated lumber except for a few important pieces that we're still in salvageable good condition. Like the guard which is a nice big six by eight and it's the historic original and this piece on the front but you can see along here how we make the transition from. The rectal Linear framing to this curved front and here what you've got is a skirt board that has been curve cut on the back. -- take a closer look at over here where Terry and Ryley are starting to finish putting it up."

" Terry how how was this made. How are these cuts made would cut these with a quarter scale radial arm saw yet. And that we did is we'd leave a solid blocking every sort couple feet so we would have silent now so you don't do it every two feet so that you've got a solid section left but this is what allows a piece of wood that's normally very stiff. To take that curve. And then all we're doing is simply putting finish -- where they -- It and you get out at eight galvanized nails. And what kind of -- adhesives. Used because I quarter clock. Pointed out to a full inch usually that's a good quarter inch solid on the outside here. And I like it could give me three quarters and it -- it yet and now this of course targets. Covered up. With a mahogany teak and mahogany runs around the perimeter. There's like this of the -- moderate throw -- in okay in cottages how did you figure out the current. And we can show you that over here on the other side -- still have to make okay. We're -- one right and mahogany that that isn't enough meat to get our radius out of it right. I'm isn't a scrap of the decking it -- in which order to over describe it like so. We'll have a curve bind to cut. Before cutting Terry scribed the inner curve four inches from the outer curve that you just straight. So right what kind of nails were used here there's. OK and we've also put some glue underneath but now that this whole side band is applied. We're ready did make the cuts into the decking itself. And Terry how are you are you determining where to cut we just use the back cut off piece that's left over. When this mark. The decking and then we'll cut each piece and then fine tune. Each piece after it's cut excellent."

" The ancient plumb Bob is still a way to determine the exact location. In a vertical situation like we're gonna put the column here and they're ready to mark off where the base actually goes right there."

" Year. And we keep it an even distance here on the front away from the edge so that -- railing which is running between the columns and the corner post. Is in the same place as we go around the deck."

" these simply get attached with sixteen penny now sixteen penny finish."

" The pre drilled a pre drill the bases. --"

" Okay now these are the original fluted columns. That are made out of what pine these -- I think that pine. We have a not terribly had a -- you have to wait."

" And they've been prepared. To go back onto the new capitals."

" Okay."

" that Jack just a little bit. Sort of fit this area Perry got."

" Does that look good. Yep we're centered on Bolton crisis now the Jack and come -- come slowly down and let the weight back on for the columns."