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Rebuilding the Deck with Salvaged Lumber
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" We've got a lot of pressure treated lumber. In various dimensions. Which with -- over Romney original deck that was here that and we started the project we had a dual fair amount of demolition. To remove a backyard deck that went. All the way from one edge of the house to the other and in fact we -- that -- but now we're getting ready to rebuild the missing parts. We take a look at the plan over here we can see. Where the addition it is. Right here. The old deck went all the way across the -- we to get off and left this much of it on the shaded by now the job mr. -- and with salvaged lumber back up to the new addition this was an extra three feet out in this direction and rally where you get started."
" Well Preston we want to do is get our rim joist attached to the house the rim joist adapt to the hop in this side. One area that's very very. Important that a lot of times someone will build a small backyard deck and attach it to the house in just -- get into place right that's what you don't want to -- You want to get it off of the house and so we're done here is put them -- blocks on hold that -- of the house that's going to allow. Any melting snow all right state just travel right on through there and -- cotton's that that. For a cause some rotten dryer rotten and eventually the thing is going to. -- right up the house and these are basically blocks of two by eight. -- Pressure treated lumber right that have been put in as spacers and then we put the red cedar shingle up to them around them that's right and although they are nailed to the ribbon. For the band. We'll be putting lags -- do this one and the one that we just hearing over currently is in six inch. Galvanized lag. So they'll go through -- don't have. Dugout with a phrase box and into the framing. Right behind it OK well let's get one of these in place we want to -- the pilot holes done this one's ready to go right now. The most important thing to have lag bolt that even if you sixteen penny spike through or larger. You're always in danger of having the whole -- kind of become a part come away. All right. OK Bob Vila next. Next thing we want to do his sister up a couple of these joists so that we can get figure it in place all right and of course we've got salvaged. Pressure treated lumber right here right and what we do is we set them. Right on the existing -- back there. And they'll be -- heard out. And then we'll spike it and villainy. Get a shoulder under."
" Right that's -- of that and."
" All right now we get another one at the other end and then we can put a new garden right right. OK now Ryley you've got one at this endless at the other end but you don't want to fill in the rest of the area until the -- goes that -- put to good connection villages in now way what we really one of these -- reference point. Well he went out of business the outdoor outset that this is salvaged material off the right this is from the the dirt that was here in the previous deck. All right let's lift that we network and bring -- to --"
" Okay."
" And now open and these temporary a great that I got children -- Then she takes and that way. The spike is right. Times in the hole that temporarily for now. Okay. Do you need to put a lot. Now that's that's good if we want to -- now. And the next thing we want to do is when in need therefore -- posts OK now the work that's been done. Ahead of time is pouring the concrete footings which go down 48 inches. And you've got the rafters already in place these in the post reports. Of and that makes clear that don't have any kind of rock. The deal looked at the bottom of the post. Now want to do is plumb and out. That good. Now we can begin putting in the rest of the sister Doris -- and letting them sit right on top of the -- I would have to worry about -- and any strings of final -- across amending we've got this existing deck all right in place that we can news."