It's been a while - the last serious work on this project was completed six weeks ago at the time of writing. However, since then we have developed a proper action plan.
Last time around I removed all the screws and fasteners from the deck underlayment; I knew I would use this material for something. It turns out it will be great for manufacturing the furring strips we need for underlayment below the new deck.
I began the milling of the furring strips by cutting the timber into seven foot lengths, and discarding anything shorter than five feet. It was a beautiful late October day, so I did the basic cutting outside with the circular saw.
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| In tray... |
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| ...out tray |
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| ...stockpile |
After that, each piece was passed through the jointer and one flat (narrow) edge was established. I ended up with forty (40) boards of between 5 and 7 feet in length.
This is a couple of weeks later after our new composite decking has been delivered. This was on a Wednesday morning before a 3-day weekend.
It took me two hours of hard labor, on my own, to move the boards into the garage. I have 56 boards at 16' and 22 boards at 20' and all of them were heavy.
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