Working weekend

This was a solo working weekend for me. No family and kinda boring. Nothing really great to share just more deck work. Here is where I left off on Sunday morning...

Side stairs done

I was able to finish the side stairs and install all of the remaining balusters/spindles I had on the island. On the front facing side of the deck, I got all the way around to the side and ran out of material. I'll probably need about 50 more spindles to finish that side and the two remaining sets of stairs.

I really like the detailed look of the side stairs as shown in the photos below. The beefy handrail really make the railing super solid. This is the same style I will use on the front and back stairs.

Another long side deck photo showing the finished stairs.

Here is photo showing the finished (mostly) spindles on the front section. You can also see, I set two 4x4 posts to be used for the 10 ft wide front stairs. Not too exciting, but I hate digging/setting posts so I wanted to capture the progress.

This blog has been very boring and just focused on finishing this colossal deck project. I am hoping to share some more exciting stuff soon.

Other items finished this weekend include: touch-up paint and caulking around some door and baseboard trim, organizing both the utility closet and shed, and installing ALL of the remaining indoor door knobs and lock/sets. Unfortunately, none of those items are photo worthy.

Next steps:

• Build front stairs