Many thanks to all of you for your very kind comments and compliments! Suddenly, all the time and effort is truly worth it.

Once all the plugs are installed, I've put the ipe oil coating on and built Sally's planters in front of each of the roof columns, I will post a pic of the finished product.

 

Steve, Fantastic looking deck! Great job!

 

Keep at it........ Doing the job with careful craftsmanship is sure worth it.....

 

BTW Guys........ SpaceX launched two men into orbit today....... Yippeeeee.......

America is back in space........
I remember watching the first Manned space launch with Alan Shepard in the Mercury capsule on top of a redstone rocket.........

 

good launch I had it live streaming on youtube, should be docking with iss in about 2 hours. I am going to live stream that.

 

I was going to build a new deck this Summer out of plain pressure treated deck boards. But, after seeing Steve's work/deck I'm thinking about IPE. Turns out there is a distributor about 2 hours from our place in NY.

 

Steve has put us all to shame.........

 

I hope to have the time and funds to rebuild our deck next summer....... I was planning redwood.

 

George, If you do decide to go the ipe route, you might want to take a look at advantagelumber.com. That is who I bought my ipe from this time as well as for the upper deck six years ago. They really seem to be the pros in this space and they have all the fasteners, oil and tools you need as well. Most importantly, they were almost 20% less on price than the best source I could find in the Denver area, and on orders over $1000 they have free shipping. I ordered over thirty 18 ft long deck boards along with a number of lengths and widths for the facia and trim, etc. and It was in my driveway in about 10 days. They really know how to ship this stuff. Their website has a ton of info on how to install and deal with ipe.

Happy to answer any questions should you have some.

Regards,

Steve

 

yup.
I won't be posting any pics of my broom finished concrete.
Wood here is a lot of work to keep looking good with the dry heat.

 

Roy, It was the highlight of my day or maybe more. Watched it live and, just now, finished watching the docking and the crew coming aboard the ISS.

It just shows what this country can accomplish when we can all focus energy and resources in one, positive direction.

I remember like it was yesterday watching Neil Armstrong step off that ladder. I sincerely hope I am around to see an American do that again.

 

Steve, that's the outfit that also has a mill in NY (Buffalo)

 

George, That's a win-win for you. Those guys are really the pros, with the best prices, when it comes to exotic hardwoods. I had to have mine shipped into Colorado from LA.

 

Interesting site....... I sure like some of the woods available........

 

You did an amazing job on that deck Steve!