Firstest Things First

                                                                         We really didn't think too much                                                                             about the pictures while replacing

     the boards of the upper deck.     Not putting a knee through the slippery boards and ducking wasps kept us pretty busy. We only pulled a couple of boards at a time to keep the new holes as small as possible.There was just enough of a hole for the new board and a block to wedge against for alignment.

Once we began replacing boards on the 
living room deck it became apparent one
band board wouldn't hold screws and had to
go. 

So instead of a board or two at a time we had to disconnect that whole edge to move forward. When we blew the leaves off the 
screen porch roof under this deck, it was obvious we needed to put in a new flashing and slip a new fiberglass roof in on top of the rusty metal roof. Even though the bead board ceiling as yet showed no water damage, our new deck should long outlast the rusty old porch roof.   

The roof of the house had been replaced fairly recently. Once the ruined gutters and fascia had been removed the damage was easy to spot.



 Around the gutter break and at the corner the soffit needed a  serious make over. Even though 30 or so years old, most places were good to go with a few new long screws to tighten things up.                               

However a number of rafter tails had very little left to attach a fascia to till they were sister ed.                           

The lowest two decks were checked out, repaired, and have the multi-colored boards to prove it.

It's possible that there will be more rails and even possibly even a stair tread or two, but probably not before another french drain or two.