For the last 3 weekends, we have spent hours working outside in the heat building our first deck together. We originally had quotes to get someone to build it for us, but we decided in the end to have a go at it ourselves and save some money. We didn't have a lot of height to work with (only 90mm in fact) which made the job a little tricky. It also didn't help that the verandah wasn't square. It's not perfect and there are a couple of things we wish we had done, but we think it looks great and we are super happy with the result. Everything we used was bought from Bunnings. Only 1 x coat of stain has been put on so far. I will be putting the 2nd coat on this weekend. The deck colour will eventually match our front door, the timber on the facade and the garage door.
Our next job will be to finish off the retaining walls, then we can finally get some plants in :)
Digging up the grass was so much fun in 40 degree heat...NOT!
This isn't stained...just wet from hosing away all the dust.
Finishing off with the framing!
First coat of stain going on!
This is the finished result with 1 x coat of stain!
