Greg Cole
08-26-2008, 10:59 AM
Ok, I still have to cut 2 posts and attach the caps. Not QUITE done but close 'nuff for me.
I've been working on this project since about the last week of June. GW Jr's stimulus arrived and I was off to get the materials. My wife bought a blow up ring style pool last year for our then 5 year old... the kid wanted a real pool and I wanted rid of the "wally world special".
All the work was done by my crew, ah just little ol' me, with a day of help from my Dad when it was time to install the deck top. Working nights and weekends, it always takes longer on these bigger projects working solo... and this being the wettest summer here in the KC area didn't speed things up much. I also took a week of vacation the first week of July and did NOT touch the deck... LOML's request to "enjoy" myself (which meant I griped that I shoulda been working most of the stay-cation).
Deck dims are 20 feet long and 10 to 16 feet wide depending on where ya stand, about 46" high. Room to sit and relax and not be splashed by the kid(s) constantly like many decks around above grounds. The pool is 18' diameter with 52" walls (4' of water or so) for reference.
15 footers, 8" diameter and 36" deep. Simpson Z-Max brackets & joist hangers galore. 2x6 framing, 12" on center, 24" spaced blocking between joists. All lumber is PT SYP, I'd wanted to use a man made deck top to match a deck I built on the house last year but I had a budget (LOML was in on the planning and she kept me ON budget, there's a FIRST and maybe last ;)).
The deck top is oil based semi transparent stain, the railing-fence is water based acrylic Cabot full blocking stain (matches the fence I built in May seen in the pics too). Just finished spraying the railiing stuff last night and got the plastic & masking tape peeled up (only used 2 rolls of 200' of painters tape).
Anyway, after the fence and deck builds this summer.... I'm ready to get back in the shop. This kind of building gets to be like real work after doing it all summer.....
Cheers.
Greg
I've been working on this project since about the last week of June. GW Jr's stimulus arrived and I was off to get the materials. My wife bought a blow up ring style pool last year for our then 5 year old... the kid wanted a real pool and I wanted rid of the "wally world special".
All the work was done by my crew, ah just little ol' me, with a day of help from my Dad when it was time to install the deck top. Working nights and weekends, it always takes longer on these bigger projects working solo... and this being the wettest summer here in the KC area didn't speed things up much. I also took a week of vacation the first week of July and did NOT touch the deck... LOML's request to "enjoy" myself (which meant I griped that I shoulda been working most of the stay-cation).
Deck dims are 20 feet long and 10 to 16 feet wide depending on where ya stand, about 46" high. Room to sit and relax and not be splashed by the kid(s) constantly like many decks around above grounds. The pool is 18' diameter with 52" walls (4' of water or so) for reference.
15 footers, 8" diameter and 36" deep. Simpson Z-Max brackets & joist hangers galore. 2x6 framing, 12" on center, 24" spaced blocking between joists. All lumber is PT SYP, I'd wanted to use a man made deck top to match a deck I built on the house last year but I had a budget (LOML was in on the planning and she kept me ON budget, there's a FIRST and maybe last ;)).
The deck top is oil based semi transparent stain, the railing-fence is water based acrylic Cabot full blocking stain (matches the fence I built in May seen in the pics too). Just finished spraying the railiing stuff last night and got the plastic & masking tape peeled up (only used 2 rolls of 200' of painters tape).
Anyway, after the fence and deck builds this summer.... I'm ready to get back in the shop. This kind of building gets to be like real work after doing it all summer.....
Cheers.
Greg