Deck Demolition

Our role is to get the deck out before the team shows up to do the construction. Colin, me, some hammers and a pry bar. How hard can that be?

Like any home project, there have been a number of minor dilemmas. For example,

• 96 degree heat and humidity on the two afternoons where I could take off work early 
• A gas pipe (for the prior owners' outdoor gas grill) with no inside shut off. (Not sure how we will solve this yet but I think it will require calling the gas company and having them turn off the gas at the meter.)
• Really heavy joists that I don't want to hit the house on the way to the ground

Pics

CT Starts on the Railing

Railings Down

The Pre-Dumpster Scrap Pile

Starting on the Decking

Continuing on the Decking..It Took Waaay Longer Then Estimated

The Scrap Pile Grows

The Decking Is Gone...Next, The Frame

CT has Bossed the Stairs

No More Joists

CT and His Favorite Tool (the Sledge Hammer) vs. the Last of the Structure

The View Without The Deck

It Does Look Empty...

We Still Have to Pull Out the Posts

The View Out the Door With No Deck