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Reshingle a roof
The neighbor recognized he’d need some help with a job this big and a bunch of us were willing to help out. He was re-shingling the home he grew up in. I swung by and gave him a helping hand too.
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Deck railing
After this house was built it was up to the homeowner to install deck railings. So we decided to go with a picket style in the front of the house (facing the road) and a glass panel system for the rear of the home (facing the lake). I designed my own framing system for installing the glass panels.
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Round deck walkway and walk-through arbor
All done. That outer edge was cut using a circular saw. You would be surprised to learn that a circular saw can indeed cut a curved line. Just make sure you wear hearing protection. These types saws are loud enough as is, but with the added friction of the circular blade rubbing against the kerf cut… trust me when I say it gets loud.
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Round deck walkway part 2
Over halfway done, not its time to figure out how to curve the deck boards.
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Deck skirting
With some vertical bracing on place, this deck skirting went on fairly easy.
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Front Step, Walkway and Flower Box Extension part 3
The previous walkway was two layers of asphalt pavement. I rented a pneumatic jack hammer that ran on 110v plug in. REAL easy to use and easily made short work of removing pavement. The best $55 spent on what would have been very labour intesive work. The pavement was removed to be replaced with a wooden walkway.
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Front Step, Walkway and Flower Box Extension part 2
The original step came straight out from the front doorway. I decided it would be interesting to turn the step to line up with the exiting flower beds. Posts were installed with built in lighting and railing with a double top rail and alternating vertical panels.
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Front Step, Walkway and Flower Box Extension
What started out as a simple front step replacement eventually turned into a complete overhaul of the front landscape of my neighbour’s home. The original concrete step remains. The frame was built over it, resting on it. The extension of the deck sits on deck concrete blocks.
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Deck in the round Grand Finale
So, finally, the completed shots. One taken from our neighbors deck and two taken from the roof of my workshop.
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Deck in the round part 6
So this is a close up shot of a completed post with the cap installed. The cap is attached with two deck screws through the top down into the sides of the post.