The deck is nearly complete.  A few rail caps and benches and it will be done.  The door still needs to be cut out and the water moved.

Here are some good pictures:



The privacy fence looks nice.



Here's the walkout rebuilt:

Today, despite a few storms, a lot got done.  I think it is looking great.  The railing are almost done and it is really taking shape:






The only real excitement came when the builders found a bee's nest.  Overall, very happy.

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A lot of progess today on the deck.  Most of the framing is done:

My daughter is on the new "bridge" that goes over top of the walkout and connects the two different decks.  We would have like it to have been an arched bridge; however, the chimney didn't really permit this.  If you notice I have a level on it in the above picture, the left side is a little lower than right...not sure if this can be fixed or if it is good enough.  It might just be me being picky.

Here is better angle of the bridge:


I really interested to see how the gate and rails will come together around the steps.  Also, the window to the left will have a door cut tomorrow or Thursday.

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Today, they started to "make dirt" according to my son.  They dug all all of the holes and set the posts in concrete:


A few hiccups, though.  We originally were going to have a pergola about were our concrete pad is.  However, we expanded the original deck design to cover the whole patio and we couldn't keep the pergola without a post in front of our backdoor.  But the most important for us is to have the right design.

Also, the wood arrived late.  I guess one of the guys at Lowes was sick and they were backed up.  But here is the delivery:


So tomorrow, they start framing bright and early.

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Ever since we bought this house, we have had a major problem with our back yard.  A walk was put it with cheap "indoor" railings around it.  It was unsafe and an eyesore:



In addition, we have a concrete patio next to it that was ok but could use a make over:


We decided to get the whole back of the house redone.  Tomorrow, the deck remodel begins.

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