August 2013

One Day…

hunter@hlwimmer.com / August 19, 2013

One Day…

I will return to my normal 9-5 and be more relaxed while doing so.
I won't wake up and decide if I should go to the hardware store before or after coffee.
I won't care if the noontime temps get above 100deg.
I won't begin the day by cleaning up the mess from the day before.
I'll put on nice clothes knowing I won't ruin them from the day's activities.
I will finish this project.

… However, that is not today.

Finished:

Framing
Blocking
Planter boxes
New footings

Still to do:

Line the planter boxes with plastic
Finish lighting and electrical
Build up shims around pool to level pool with deck
Wrap beams and joists with Vycor
Pre-treat decking boards
Lay decking boards
Major clean-up

About a week after Casie's father helped to level the piers, I've finished with the overall structure. It's built of southern yellow pine (SYP) pressure-treated wood which is a bit more sturdy than our west-coast fir and lots cleaner to work with (no dyes in the treatment and no incisor marks).

I'm sore. I'm tired… but I'm developing a savage tan.;)

I built a temporary chop-table to help with the cuts. It's been a lifesaver along with the 12in sliding miter saw.

Renovation // Transformation

On The Level

hunter@hlwimmer.com / August 8, 2013

Casie's father is here this weekend to visit the new baby… and to help with the deck. One of the things that has been the most vexing in the build was to get the level of the deck even with the level of the pool. Fortunately, he's an engineer.

He figured that the water in the pool was the most consistently level part of the yard and found a way to use that to our advantage — using a water level. By attaching a hose to a clear tube, we could view the level of the water over a distance by using hydrostatic pressure… the level of water in the tube equals the level of water in the tube. We knew we wated the top of the deck 5in from the water level, so we marked the tube and measured eack of the four corners and adjusted accordingly.

It worked amazingly well.

One Day…

Structure

On The Level