Long Over-due

Finally, a long over-due blog post. 2 weeks ago we finally finished up the framing. I spent the better part of the day face down under our fireplace bump out, fastening the remaining joists to the ledger. This might not sound like a big job, but working inches off the ground, with a joist every 16" is by no means an easy job. With the joists finally in place it was time to start laying some boards! We started with our trim board. This board runs all the way around the perimeter of the deck, and covers all the end grain that one would normally see from the deck boards. The corners are mitered to give it a really nice finished look. With the sun having long set, we decided to wrap it up after only a few boards were laid.