So I took the weekend off to go hiking in C-Springs for the Fourth of July. Nice couple of days off, but time to get back to work on the deck. The Zip Tool came this morning while I was transplanting more of the grass around the edge of the concrete slab, so as soon as I finished a side of the grass, I switched gears and went after the siding on the house.
The siding was relatively quick work, so after I took down the siding and cut some of the siding's edging away from the door, I was able to get a better look at what was underneath it and how everything was going to fit together. I was also then able to splice together two more pieces of the ledger (more on this later).
So here's a picture of what it looks like now.
I have plastic sheeting over all the exposed parts of the house to try and keep it dry for the next few days as I get ready to attach the ledger to the house. Still no word on the permit.
Today was a day of ups and downs. It was a good day in that the Zip tool came and I made some decent progress on the deck. It was a bad day because today marked the first day that I had any casualties. Unfortunately, both casualties belong to my thumbs. The first casualty wasn't all that bad. I got a blister on the inside of my thumb from shoveling the grass...
The second one, however, I hesitate to even show a picture because everyone will just make fun of me for being stupid. In fact, I'm not even going to show a picture. Essentially I crushed my thumb with the hammer as I was splicing the two boards together. Not only did I manage to crush it, but the hammer drove the tip of my thumb nail through my thumb, so I sliced it open as well. Awesome. So it was time for a break anyway and I quit for the day.
Assuming I still have use of my opposable thumbs tomorrow I'll get back to work.
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