The beginning: a bare site, 10 years in the house and finally we're doing something on this side
Weekend 1: bobcat work, expensive OJT
Laying out where to drill
Drilling 12" diameter post holes for concrete foundadtion piers
Weekend 2 and 3: Positioning the sono tubes
Weekend 4: borrowing Jeremiah's mixer
52, 80 lb bags of quikrete later
Inspecting a hard weekend's work
Weekend 5 and 6: gravel
Weekend 7: wood arrives
Now what are we going to do?
Natalie's friend Leland helps
Vigas up and braced, level 1 rim joists in place
Beams delivered -- really HEAVY beams!
Weekend 8: joists for level 1 and beams for level 2
Fancy chainsaw work
Closer look at vigas
Weekend 9 and 10: finish beams, start joists for level 2
Finish rim joists on level 2
Weekend 11: raise first two HEAVY beams into place. I think we'll need a crane for the ones on top
Start on raised platform for tub access
Joists for level 3 started
Another view of level 3
Weekend 12: posts and railing caps
Posts and railing caps
Viga supports removed
Weekend 13: deck surface on level 1
Scribe around a viga
Weekend 14: deck surface, level 2, in progress
Level 2 surface complete