I'm rebuilding the deck at Twil's house.
There had been a deck installed many years ago, set directly on the concrete patio. The patio was (and is) covered by a roof for the first two-thirds closest to the house. The furthest third of the deck was open to the sky (and the trees). No walls, only the house on one side of the rectangle.
We had a lot of good times on the deck, it's a very well used and well loved extension of our living space. We'd eat and entertain out here, work on not-indoor-projects out here; it is lovely and useful.
Well, the deck itself wasn't very lovely. The orginal deck was in very shabby shape. You can see here the extent of the coverage the deck has under the flat corrugated plastic covering.
You can also see how much more weather-beaten the exposed section was. There were pieces that had rotted away and laurel volunteers growing up through the vacancies. Much of this area was unsafe to walk on and all of it was unsightly and unused. It was time for it to go.
