Omg! Is this two blogstyle posts in one week? Don't get too comfy, cuz this ain't gonna be a regular thing. This little post involve some posts. The deck posts to be specific. Our house came with a fantastically terrible deck built out from the second floor. There were no metal hangars, no lateral support, just a lot of nails. Somewhere in the ballpark of 10 per joist, per end. That's more than one per inch of end grain. Interesting fact: a properly driven toenail is stronger than any buttnail. Write that down.
I imagine this deck was really tight when it was first built. It's been a few years and it's seen better days. We increased the safety by lowering it to the ground.
Despite the sheer number of both toenails and buttnails this deck was tenacious. While walking across it was akin to surfing, it would just not come apart. Imagine me (Levi) standing with one leg at the top of a 20 foot extention ladder, with the other foot kicking a floor joist that has been cut through with a Makita Reciprocating Saw(tm). I was hanging on to one of the posts with one hand, for safety. That Makita shout out was not because I'm sponsored by Makita. It's because I SHOULD be sponsored by Makita. I'm like a construction athlete.
Here's some before and afters:
Here's a video of my professionalism:
We are killing it on the interior framing. I've replaced a lot of original stuff that looks like this:
I built Lauren a jig for painting window frames:
Kurt, whowasborntobeacarpenter, built this neat workbench for keys and safety glasses:
Here's another look at the door that should be installed in the next week:
And when we go to Louisville(loo-i-ville, not loo-is-ville), to look at architectural salvage, we do this:
Cheers!
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