Jim called this morning to order concrete. Because the weather has been so beautiful, he knew they were going to be busy and it may be tough to get a good time this week. In fact, when he called, the scheduler was too busy and had to call him back, which she did when he was eating lunch. But we got Thursday at 10:00 - perfect! But still lots of work to do before then!
Jim first had to do some digging in order to get down to where the skirting board needed to be positioned on this side...
Once we got it dug out enough, Jim fastened the ends of the board to the corner posts to hold it in position...
Then he was able to mark the position of the board on the middle post...
He started making cuts in the post...
He had to get in some contorted positions to be able to chisel out the notch...
Fastening the skirting board to the post. I will make note here that Jim is using stainless steel screws for all the permanent fastening. However, the ones he had worked but he wants them a little longer, so he ordered more and they should come in on Wednesday.
All of the skirting boards are in place - and just look at how fabulous the corner post connections look...
Now that the skirting boards are in place, Jim can take off all the boards he was using for temporary stabilization...
Then it was time to start cutting the posts off even with the top of the skirting boards. Jim brought out his Japanese saw that he used when building the pavilion...
It definitely requires some work, but it does a good job...
While I was busy marking the other posts, Jim had cut the other front post!
Starting on the back corner...
Working on the ground like this, it's really difficult to get the right leverage and position, but he got the last corner post cut...
All four corner posts are cut and he removed the center tie...
Now that center tie needs to be cut to size and installed permanently...
Placing it required more digging...
Attaching the center tie...
Once the tie was fastened in place, time to cut the middle posts - I caught this picture just as Jim cut through it...
Starting to cut the last post...
Another action shot...
All the posts are cut off!
Next step is to put a plate on top of each of the skirting boards. Jim cut the first one to size. I marked off every foot and Jim predrilled at each spot...
Then he screwed the plate down to the board...
Time to cut the side pieces...
Then attaching them...
Another great day of work!
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