Deck Day 23

The sawdust was flying today! We cut all of the field boards. Basically we took each board off the deck, placed it on top of the sawhorse, and examined both sides and all edges to look for any damaged ends we couldn't sand out. After that we decided which side of the board we wanted to face up and which end we would cut. Michelle and I use the miter saw to cut each board down to 134 and 3/4 in.

It's starting to look like a deck now! We even put in some of the boards that will eventually form the side of the deck.

 Nothing is screwed down yet 

The next step was to run the router with a 1/8 bit down the ends of the field boards where they butted up next to the picture frame. The router tool is awesome and priceless!

After that, I lifted up the end of each the board s so that Michelle could apply a wax coat to the end to protect the board from cracking.

 Tomorrow we will cut l the picture frame boards and then we will begin to sand and stain each board prior to final installation. If we can get it all the boards cut and sanded and stained by the end of the day tomorrow then we will be making progress!