We reached a milestone in this project today. Michelle and I finished the construction of the substructure for the deck. In other words, all of the beams and joists are installed and leveled. It took a lot of screws and measuring to make it happen but in the end this thing is going to be bulletproof.
Wonder why we installed the additional boxing along the edges? It has to do with the picture frame design we keep talking about. See below for a photo of someone else's deck that has a picture frame design.
Notice how all the boards are running one way with a border around them. The extra boxing on the sides was necessary to support this border.
Tomorrow I plan on installing an electrical outlet on the far side of the deck and install some low voltage wiring around the substructure for some lights I plan to put in later.
On Monday we'll go shopping for the final hardwood deck surface.
