This deck took us a lot of time plus and a lot of design thought not to mention a lot of pre-planning etc.

The ground sloped from the front entry door as seen to the left. The grade sloped down to the...... the sloping driveway entryway.

Plus, to make matters more complex.

The owner Tom, did not want the new deck attached to the front existing old brick work. So, for us that meant that we ( Debbie ) had to dig footers right next to the front wall down towards the basement. Not an easy task. She prefers to dig all her footers by hand. Well that's Deb for ya.

Its an all cedar custom deck as you can see.

 

 

The cedar steps spiral from the center of the right cedar post. All custom sub-framing was built using #1 grade pressure treated lumber ( see during photos ). Note: wood blocking in those during pictures.

Tom loved the his cedar deck so much that he had us re-side ( see above ) just that front portion of the house, in cedar planks as well.

This job was not done overnight. It took a while to complete a few months at that. But it was worth it as Tom put it. By the way. We were hired on a part time basis only due to other existing remodeling on going job commitments. However Tom did know that up front from day one. He got our standard time sharing discount.

When we say custom we mean it ! And he simply loved it ! Later on, a 12 volt lighting was added as well as a customized curved thin / graspable hand rail as requested by New Castle County building department for this deck.

Yes, during that job we did turn some heads. Some of the guys used to start parking there trucks across the street around 4:00 just to see how it is that two women do what we do : )