THE DECK - a work of art - Part2
I finally was able to grab some shots of the deck I’m helping Brad, my friend build. Initially, when I’d signed on to the project, I envisioned basic wood materials like treated lumber or red wood, the usual Lowes or Home Depot stock stuff. However, the project took on another life as Brad investigated other options like Treks and eventually he settled on IPE, a Brazilian hard wood.
When he’d mentioned this material I didn’t give it much thought. I figured it was just harder and that it would be fun to tackle something different. So, I agreed to help and even suggested we put it on a 45-degree angle to make it interesting.
Little did I know that we were building a “work-of-art”. Besides the wood being beautiful, very distinguished and over all different, I was in for a shock as we had to “pre-drill” every single hole and point of attachment. This and the fact that you had to “seal” every cut, really slowed the progress.
We’re still not finished and have some of the hand-railing to go. However, the photo in this post shows the work-in-progress. It’s coming together, but it’s going much SLOWER than I originally figured.
Once it’s done, it will be truly a “Work-of-Art”. Stay tuned.
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