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Originally Posted by Micmac
Next time you are in Maine seeing’s your family drop by and put one of those up for me! Beautiful work!
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Sure thing. I built that for an architect. The only drawing was for the footer placement. She put one post in a basement window well. Also, the joist size she called for made for very little headspace at the steps and areaway. So, I went down in size, tripled the beams, and raised the elevation to under the door. I also came up with a way to cover the ugly ends of the cables at the corners and the way I made the guard at the 2nd floor door to match the deck railing.
She gave me a completion date, which went in one ear and out the other. They wanted this to have their wedding on and all I knew is I'd have it done in time. BTW, I had to hump all materials around the house, which was a fairly long truck. It got to a couple days before 'her' deadline and she spoke to me about that. "The 9th is Monday and you won't be done. What are we going to do about this?". I just said, "I'll keep working until your deck is done". "But that will be after the deadline." I asked her, "Do you want your deck done or do you want me to stop on the 9th? This isn't reality TV and what's important to me is I do the best job possible and that you will be happy with the results for many years to come. It will be done well ahead of your wedding and I hope it will be a wonderful day for you two". Then I got back to work