The Deck starts

 

Starting the Deck

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We now move forward to constructing the deck in front of the wall. The northern end of the deck lies on the ledge  in front base of the wall.  With my ace assistant and Gracie overseeing the work, I finished the joists.  Next I started laying the decking.  I am using Trex Winchester Grey with a decking device to hold down the boards invisibly.  Boards go down fairly easily, bit some time required to use a biscuit cutter to groove boards for holding devices.

The plan is to have a radius from the north-south boards of the ramp to the east-west boards of the main deck.  The internal radius will be 24" and the outer radius will be 60" This will take fifteen 36" boards cut in a pie shape and a radius recut on the face.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These pictures show the start and in progress installation of the quarter circle of Trex.  To make the pieces, I laid a piece of OSB on the deck, and aligned on edge to where the first board would lay, then drew a line from the edge of the next board to the screw I placed as center.  Then I screwed a scrap piece of straight lumber to the OSB on the line. Then I went to my table saw and cut the OSB to a known width using the first side as a guide.  Now I could lay the Trex on the jig and cut them .  I used a radius cutter on my router to make the boards all look the same.  With a bit of sun and some time, all the surfaces will turn a light gray and what we see now as color changes, will disappear. 

The process of laying deck will continue down the ramp towards the street.  I will post more photos when that is completed.