Very happy to announce that even though my “contractor” kinda sucked; he was always on holidays, entertaining people, off at weddings etc. (I’d think twice before hiring him again!), the deck is finished!

I’ll remind you of…

Before:


After:

And I used a kick-ass stain on it so that hopefully for a LONG time, this will be the result when it rains...

Special thanks must go out to Richard,Jamie, Todd, Grant, Christian and Michelle for their direct help at various times. And to my dad who lent out a bunch a tools that made my life much easier. Thanks guys!

For a retrospective on the whole deal, click here

Now, of course, when I say the deck is “finished”, I mean that I still have to build a pergola on it!