Deck Day 25

So today started off with a rookie move. We got really excited yesterday and oiled the boards and organized the boards in the pattern we preferred. This morning I woke up and realized we forgot to put the joist tape on. Everything I've read says we need to lay joist tape down on top of the joists to serve as a water membrane between the deck wood. I ended up having to move all of the boards around and apply the tape. That took a while.

While I was at it, I noticed there were some weeds growing up under the deck so I went to Home Depot and purchased some weed abatement cloth. I figured since the boards are out of the way. I might as well cut and install the cloth. 

Maybe I'll need it maybe I won't, who knows but I hope to never look underneath there again.

While I was working on that project, Michelle sanded and oiled the remaining wood that goes along the side of the house. 

Almost all the wood has been sanded and oiled at this point and we're ready to start screwing things down.

Want to know how big our deck is? Here's the dimensions we used when purchasing the weed abatement cloth.