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Deck Part 3
2005-10-07 |
On Sunday, I was expecting the wood to be delivered. This, like everything else in my life could have been a lot smoother than it ended up being. And, on that note, I'd like to ask for advice on something that probably could be a lot easier than I'm making it in my head.
On the north corner of the deck, I'm faced with a clothes dryer exhaust vent that, if left alone, will spew its warm moist air directly under the deck. I'm thinking that's probably not a good idea. Here's what it looks like now.
What to do?
What I'm looking for is suggestions on how I might vent the dryer so that it won't damage the deck and it won't be unsightly. Thoughts?
Now, on with the show!
I was told that my wood would be delivered by 3pm as I was the first load on the afternoon delivery list. I called once in the morning to confirm that time as I had some running around to do. Everything was all set according to them. They'd be here around three. Three o'clock came and went and I waited until 3:30 to call to find out what was going on. The woman that answered the phone was very short with me and told me that if I was on the afternoon delivery, I could expect them to show up any time between 3 and 5. She basically told me not to get my panties in a bunch. I waited. 4pm came and went. 5pm came and went. I didn't want to seem like a nagging nanny, so I waited until 5:30 to call again. When I finally got through to someone in the project planning area, where they do the delivery scheduling, I was told that they were just loading up the afternoon deliveries at that time and that they had put something on to be delivered before mine, but that they would be there shortly. Somewhere around 6pm, they showed up.
The guy that was driving the delivery truck was muddling through his third day on the job. He pulled his flatbed truck up onto the curb in front of Ruth's house and parked. Next, he took his 3-wheel forklift off the back of the flatbed. This was a cool process. The forklift uses its mighty lifting strength to lower itself from its perch all by itself. I wasn't quite sure what his plans were for lifting the wood off of the flatbed, but I was sure as hell not going let him drive on Ruth's lawn as it appeared he might. He was very understanding of my worry and made every effort to keep clear of her property. Just as the second stack of wood was being placed on my lawn, BigBro showed up to help me move it to the back of the house (Thanks BigBro!)
 
Wood delivery
The first trip from front to back with a handfull of wood included 4 boards of the 16' 6X5/6 variety. Four? Were we crazy? Nope, but we were a bit too ambitious. From the second through the last trip, we weren't quite so macho. It didn't take long to move the wood and when we were done, BigBro departed to visit his outlaws.
Among the things that I did while I was waiting for the wood was to tear down the fence that ran between the house and the garage. I'm sure you noticed its absence in the pictures of the wood. You did notice, didn't you? The next step was to re-erect the gate on the opposite side of the house so that, once the deck is built, I'll be able to get the lawn mower into the back yard. Again, this is one of those things that could have been easier if it weren't being done by me. Though, it could have been a lot worse - the gate could have been too large for the opening. First, I tore down the regular chain link from the are new gate area. That went well. Next I sized up the gate a bit more accurately and I determined that I would need a new post and some fencing to stretch between the old post and the new post. As you can see in the picture below, the 2 inches of fencing between the two posts on the left side is the section of fence that I had to install. It's kind of silly, but it was the best I could do and it's functional.
The gate
That's it for Sunday's work. Do take a moment to give your thoughts on the dryer venting.
I'm sure you noticed in those wood delivery pictures
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