We managed to get a 24' beam onto A-frame supports supporting the majority of the porch. This took about 8 arms, grunting, and a step-ladder. The crutches supporting the beam are all pinned. Here I am, watching the old man work!
He enjoyed himself despite all the work!
We used single crutches for the remaining parts of the porch. It was a fun day spent jacking up the porch to close to the right height, knocking out the posts and wedging in supports. Below is a nice view after I demo-ed the substructure.
Here's the dump truck that got dropped off to load the material in. I managed to step on a rusty nail while doing this, so I got to spend an evening in the emergency room getting an overdue tetanus booster and pumped full of antibiotics. Go coordination!
All in all, it was great, we went from rotten unsafe porch to fairly safely supported and all of the old material removed in a matter of 4 days. Could have done it without the help, Dad!We just got back from the Fall Foliage Sheep Dog Trial in Cooperstown NY, which was a blast. We saw border collies that are actually useful. Max could only look on jealously!
We've got some more pictures and movie's that we'll have to post later. It was really neat to see and the weather was fabulous. Sitting out in the fall soon looking at ~peak fall color and watching some sheep dogs work was pretty nice.In other updates, we added a motion-sensing light and some speakers to the deck a week or two ago. The speakers are great! You can know listen to football while in the hot tub, we just have to get video out there!
