Left side of the house, looking from the street. I like the picture of the siding and Davin's handywork on the stairs and porch.
These pictures were taken 5/28, when the siding has been removed, and there's new, white insulation. Again, it shows some of my nephew Davin's handy work. The 2 decks, with stairs are very nice, and not attached to the house, and are completely his design. Now on to today's pictures, mostly showing that the old siding is gone and there's new insulation. And, I seem to like taking pictures of my thumb. :(
Left side of the house, looking from the street. I like the picture of the siding and Davin's handywork on the stairs and porch.
Left side of the house again.
Back of the house, mostly left side. Davin's second deck is close to ground level, with Cory's deck above that, and the main deck above that.
Getting to the back of the right side of the house (as viewed from the street) taken from next door. All the pictures of that side of the house were taken, through the fence, from next door. I just cannot get a good perspective from the limited space on our side of the fence.
Front part of the left side of the house, with insulation.
Next are pics of the 2 decks.
These last 6 pics are of the 2 decks, the storage shed, and the railing.
This smaller deck is about 14' square.
When we bought the house, there was a hot tub on the smaller deck.
Sometimes I refer to it as the hot tub deck.
It's my intent, when we sell the house, to buy a hot tub and it back.
The main deck is 48' wide and about 10' deep.
There's a work shed near the end of the large deck.
When we bought the house, the 2 decks were not connected.
You had to go into the house and out the other door to go between them.
When Davin worked on the decks, they are now connected, and you can walk between them.
We (Davin) also replaced the railing, and posts, and it is far more solid than it was originally.
This first pic is the wall next to the hot tub deck, with siding removed and new insulation.
The main deck is, today, where Elaine does all of her potted gardening. The tomatoes are pretty good.
The railing was replaced, along with the posts. The steel balusters are much easier to see through than the origingl 2x2 balusters. And the posts are much stronger.
The posts now reach 15" below the deck, and have a triangular support beam. Those posts aren't going anywhere. At all.
The 'shed' is a problem. You cannot replace that part of the siding or the deck, without removing it. I'd like to pry it loose, do the construction, and then put it back. I'm not sure I can do that. Davin rebuilt it, not thinking that it would ever have to be removed.
There's live electricity in the shed for the light. I'd be happy to work on it, but I cannot comfortably reach that high. I need a ladder so I can get to the Romex cable, cut the insulation, and then the 3 wires. I'm okay doing it live, just not reaching over my head for any extended period of time.