Took off early from work yesterday and did a bit of work on the dock. Floorboards are all down but still need some screwing. Five pounds of screwing is all the screwing my old bones can take at one shot. Another five pounds will have the floor nailed down to where it shouldn't fall apart in a stiff breeze.
And now I have a brief rant regarding PT 5/4 deck boards... That stuff is junk! I would lose what little is left of my mind if I had to build with that stuff every day. I picked the best of what was on the pile at Lowe's, and grabbed three extras just to be safe. By the time I had the dock covered two of the boards had warped so badly they couldn't be used. I'd have liked to quit about halfway but if I'd done that it would have meant taking all of the remaining boards back and trading them in for straight ones. It's unreal to me how fast that stuff warps when the sun gets on it.
4/16/19
Last edited by Augie; 04/19/2009:01 AM. Reason: fixing the pics