And all the holes filled back in. My back... And still got a lot of soil and grass we need to move away, got some spots elsewhere that could use it.
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First load of lumber, they didn't have everything I needed so I'm gonna have to come back later for that. But I got the material for the posts (48x148mm planed and treated, that's about 2x6") and related material.
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Thanks, it's my daily driver during the summer half year. Love 900s, so nicely designed. This one was made in Uusikaupunki too.
I started today on attaching the support beam to the house foundation.
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I got concrete screws I will screw into the wall using CC-600mm layout. So I scribed a buncha lines 600mm apart on the beam and drilled holes.
I used a router with brad point drill bit to make the holes. Because I don't have a portable drill stand. This worked real well when I ran the router on the lowest speed, it was about as fast as a drill going full tilt.
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I got the beam temporarily mounted, aligned with the previous deck and then leveled. Then I predrilled a little in each hole with the concrete drill.
This is the drill I used because my makitas hammer drill mode is broken. I got it from my dad and I think it's from the 80s.
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Then start screwing the beam in place
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There, done:
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And the final delivery of lumber dimensions happened so I could start assembling things! But the last couple of days were wasted which had good weather and now we got shitty rain going on and off. But I got three posts up now anyway and the plinths are levelled.
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Next I need some 48x123mm (about 2x5") to install between the sandwich posts to stiffen it up in one direction and then I'll start putting up the "floor joists" between the wall and posts, once that is done I can more rigidly fix the posts in the remaining direction and start putting the top beam on.
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And yeah these bits aren't treated. I cheaped out and didn't think they need to be treated, they will get painted white and be under a roof when done.
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Things are starting to get messy. Also I really hate the boards on our current deck. 28x128mm I believe they might be and they have these annoying grooves in them that catch water and crap. For the new deck I will go with much wider boards, 28x145mm or even 34x145mm boards and they will be smooth. Not decided if I should buy from the local saw mill or get pressure treated boards. You can see the boards are getting twisted too from the sun. Mistakes were made assembling them.
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The new decking will look something like this with a few boards going the other way to cut up the uniformity and allow me to use shorter lengths, I can setup the miter saw to just cut one length over and over again to boot:
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First load of lumber, they didn't have everything I needed so I'm gonna have to come back later for that. But I got the material for the posts (48x148mm planed and treated, that's about 2x6") and related material.
Thanks, it's my daily driver during the summer half year. Love 900s, so nicely designed. This one was made in Uusikaupunki too.
I started today on attaching the support beam to the house foundation.
I got concrete screws I will screw into the wall using CC-600mm layout. So I scribed a buncha lines 600mm apart on the beam and drilled holes.
I used a router with brad point drill bit to make the holes. Because I don't have a portable drill stand. This worked real well when I ran the router on the lowest speed, it was about as fast as a drill going full tilt.
I got the beam temporarily mounted, aligned with the previous deck and then leveled. Then I predrilled a little in each hole with the concrete drill.
This is the drill I used because my makitas hammer drill mode is broken. I got it from my dad and I think it's from the 80s.
Then start screwing the beam in place
There, done:
And the final delivery of lumber dimensions happened so I could start assembling things! But the last couple of days were wasted which had good weather and now we got shitty rain going on and off. But I got three posts up now anyway and the plinths are levelled.
Next I need some 48x123mm (about 2x5") to install between the sandwich posts to stiffen it up in one direction and then I'll start putting up the "floor joists" between the wall and posts, once that is done I can more rigidly fix the posts in the remaining direction and start putting the top beam on.
And yeah these bits aren't treated. I cheaped out and didn't think they need to be treated, they will get painted white and be under a roof when done.
Things are starting to get messy. Also I really hate the boards on our current deck. 28x128mm I believe they might be and they have these annoying grooves in them that catch water and crap. For the new deck I will go with much wider boards, 28x145mm or even 34x145mm boards and they will be smooth. Not decided if I should buy from the local saw mill or get pressure treated boards. You can see the boards are getting twisted too from the sun. Mistakes were made assembling them.
The new decking will look something like this with a few boards going the other way to cut up the uniformity and allow me to use shorter lengths, I can setup the miter saw to just cut one length over and over again to boot:
Statistics: Posted by His Divine Shadow — 2024-07-05 02:16am