For those that are waiting for the invite to a BBQ at mine.

 

The Weather has held up play.

 

While the wife was away I have decided her surprise her with a nice decking area. It's not finished yet but I hope to have it all done by next weekend.

 

Some pics so far....

 

before it all started...

 

 

 

extension replaced...

 

 

 

patio concreted and leveled...

 

 

 

Membrane and drainage laid...

 

 

 

frame built and levelled...

 

 

noggin's attached...

 

 

 

view so far....

 

 

 

stairs started...

 

 

 

stairs almost done...

 

 

 

lights inserted....

 

 

 

 

That's all I've done at the moment. So far it's taken me almost 30 hours labour to get this far. I started with 145 meters of 4"x2" in 3.6 meter lengths, so the time it took to measure and cut the noggin's used up a great deal of that 30 hours.

Edited August 17, 200817 yr by SMW1

Looks great mate!!

Have you seen the shortie back on Pistonheads :(

Looks great, love the lighting:bow: - fancy a long weekend up in Suffolk building another;):rofl:

Edited August 17, 200817 yr by Apache

Looks great mate!!

Have you seen the shortie back on Pistonheads :(

Nah not seen it mate, Would be tempted to buy that back, it was a great little NA.

 

fancy a long weekend up in Suffolk;):rofl:

I thought I mentioned already, I'm married mate oh and also I'm straight ;)

I thought I mentioned already, I'm married mate oh and also I'm straight ;)

 

:rofl::rofl::tongue::rolleyes:

Looks great fella! Will bring a few beers to the BBQ ;)

Looks great, my next project is some kind of patio, either paving or decking. Can I ask how much the all the timber cost?

 

Thanks

 

Barry

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Edited August 23, 200817 yr by GUMBALL3000

can i ask how much the all the timber cost?

 

ygpm ;)

looking great stu... i look fwd to the deck/extension warming bbq party!

lookin great mate

Impressed mate, well done for doing it yourself. Did you concrete the posts that support the front in the ground?

Impressed mate, well done for doing it yourself. Did you concrete the posts that support the front in the ground?

 

Almost. I needed the height so I couldn't put those ones into the ground. However they have a concrete base under them which each has a 14mm steel rod 10" into the concrete and 6" into the base of each post.

 

Today I did the other two posts at the bottom of the stairs, they were concreted into the ground.

 

Finished one spindel / handrail on the left side of the stairs looking at the house. I need to do another three (one on the right and one either side of the stairs).

 

Hope to have it all finished by the time she gets back, however I'm not cutting any corners so if it's not finished then I guess it's not finished, we'll see.

Got a little bit more done on Sunday.

 

 

Stair footing post holes dug out and posted concreted in place and levelled.

 

 

 

Hand Rails started.. what a pain in the butt this job is. Start with a handrail / base rail and cut to size. Then you have to measure the centers exactly, cut the dailrod holes and insert them into the top and predrill the bottom rail holes for screws. Then when the spindles are in place, you need to cut the infils :(

 

 

it's a hard slug, but I'm getting there.

Fook me. Thats bloody excellent mate. Its going to be like that program with charlie dimock and the crew when she gets home:)

that looks really nice i wonder if i go away my ole man will do something like that for me!!! lol where did all the brick go i bet that took you a fair while to get that lot shifted. I bet you dumped them aswell i could of done with them for my garden...lol

lol where did all the brick go i bet that took you a fair while to get that lot shifted. I bet you dumped them aswell i could of done with them for my garden...lol

 

Used some of them as a support for the frame but most of them I moved onto the grass out of the way. I'll be using them to build a deck covered seating / storage area up the against the shed I also build (6 years ago). I need somewhere to store my ladders etc.

A litte more done today.

 

Stairs now finished, Final step put in place and handrail made up. I did try the lower rail running parallel with the top to start with but I just really didn't like it like that.

 

 

 

Finished all the handrails now as well. Also fitted some babmoo screening on the fence in the decking area.

 

 

 

Hope to have it all finished by midday tomorrow :hyper::hyper:

Wicked job you have done there fella! hats off looks like quality work you have put in! :bow:

this is a hell of a lot of work to get laid stu :rofl:

 

looking great buddy

Finally Finished.

 

She's back in two days and I've just got in from completion.

I'll find out what weekends we are free when she's back and will send out the invites to the BBQ.

 

 

 

 

awsome, i love deckin, looks so tidy, good job mate!!