Picketing

I am still working on the deck rail structure, preparing to add the pickets.  The rounded portion of the front deck was a challenge with lots of angles and cuts

Starting the roundy bits

The finished product.

I will be getting some long boards from Joe, the guy who ran our large trees through his mill a couple of years ago.  I am going to sand and finish these fir pieces for the top layer of the deck rail. Maybe I'll pick those up later this week. For now we are building the pickets for the rail.

First I have to cut up all of the painted 2x6 leftover from the trim of the house.

We had changed the design a bit on the gable ends so had all of this left over. I cut them into approximately 38 inch sections for the rail, there were 140 of them.  This made it easier to feed through the table saw.

Pickets by the gross

Now they all have to have the bare side painted by a professional.

Lots of pieces, 275 to be exact.

Of course the pickets are separated by these fillers, about 500 of them.

Cathryn has gone to Kamloops for a meeting so I am putting things together and painting and gluing.

The first couple are the learning curve.

Lots done and hopefully finished tomorrow or Friday

We have started a little landscaping since we now have large open areas next to the house. We bought three trees, a Hawthorn, an Ohio Buckeye and a cherry tree. This photo shows the Hawthorn on the right and the Buckeye on the left. I have dug the holes but we need to mix up a dirt concoction for the fill.

2 pots 2 holes

More on this tomorrow.

Len