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Porch tear down part 2.

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Be careful when you open our front door.

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That first step is a killer.

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Tear down continues and as you can see, my husband is thrilled I’m photographing the process.

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There’s so much more rotted wood than he originally thought …

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Which means more work, not to mention money.

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Thankfully I’m the one who wanted to wait for the contractor to do this job, so he can’t blame me.

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Did I mention there were rocks?

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So many rocks underfoot, though I have no idea why. If it was to help with drainage they failed miserably as all the soil flows down from the lawn towards the house.

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And so it begins.

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Tear down of our old rotted front porch has commenced.

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This is the part I’m more than happy to have my husband do.

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It keeps him busy and there’s no finesse or fine tuning required.

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Of course once he starts… he looks around and thinks about replacing more than just the decking.

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And as with any project at our house…

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Rotted wood we never knew about is discovered.

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He was hoping he wouldn’t have to replace the frame underneath…

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But so much of it is bad he’ll have to.

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Sigh…

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Getting on board.

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Now that the driveway renewal project is complete it’s time to turn our attention to other areas of Casa River that need help…. starting with our back deck.

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Granted it doesn’t look bad from far away.

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And the husband did replace the old wooden railings with these snazzy new metal ones 3 years ago…

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But on closer inspection you can see it’s time for a change.

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This viewing hole was not planned… just the result of dry rotted wood.

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And seeing that it was a direct result of staining this old deck that blew my knee out in 2020? I’m done with old wood.

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If you look closely you can tell this deck is actually composed of two different sized boards. On the left, the original wide planking. On the right, the already weathered, thinner cedar deck boards my husband hauled home from a yard sale because – wait for it – they were free.

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The size difference has driven me crazy for years, but since we’re if it ain’t broke don’t fix it New Englanders … it’s only now that our feet are in danger of breaking through that the whole deck will be replaced.

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With oh crap this stuff is expensive TimberTech composite boards. At $96 per I’m not looking forward to the bill, but if I don’t want to break the leg of my already damaged knee… it has to be done.

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