Deck is finished!

Here it is! There is still protective sheeting down for coming and going for now, but it's all done. :-)



Francisco and Ephrain executed the design very well, and I think it came out great. It's a little busier than I'd designed, because the number of 2x2 balusters had to be increased to pass the kid's-head-through-the-bars test.






The new deck is at grade (mostly).



And here's that extra work for the drainage. There's flashing and a keyed-in concrete cap. Before, it was basically the opposite (a funnel towards the wood).

This area will be our "puppy patch;" I'm going to fill it with gravel, sand and sod for a nice green potty for Emma (the rest of our yard will thank me for it). Also, that fill will reduce impervious area and increase the water detention capacity. We're not putting in a drain (talked about it, but too expensive), but I anticipate this will be more than fine. It's not like we had a flooding problem before, and this will make things substantially better.