Deck Day 27

My OCD came out today! This morning we installed the remaining deck boards. After that, we cut, sanded, and boiled two more picture frame boards. These cuts prove to be more difficult than I thought because the angles are no longer exactly 45°. One of them was 45 while the other was 45 and 1/2. The second miter joint was similarly off by a half a degree. Unfortunately my miter saw is not able to cut these angles so I had to manually do it with a carpenter square and a circular saw. It involved up a lot of practice on scrap wood but I was able to get the angles to line up the way they needed for the deck to work right.

After that, I started installing plugs in all of the holes along the picture frame boards that have been installed so far. Due to the irregular nature of the color of the wood, I had to oil each plug one at a time to figure out what color it would be. I ended up placing the bistro table from our backyard on the deck, and putting all of the plugs and tools on top of it for easy access.

Once I found the corresponding hole, I then inserted some glue, rotated the plug so the grain of the wood aligned with the board, and then tapped it in with a hammer. I use a piece of scrap wood to finish off the final couple of taps 

This evening Michelle and I enjoyed the sunset on the deck with diesel!

Tomorrow I plan unsanding each plug and then applying an additionaloil to protect it. As for the deck, we're now down to the last board. I'll give JW lumber a call tomorrow to see where we're at with the custom order. Once we have it, we will cut it, sand it, miter in the remaining corner angles, and install it.