The original plan was to have a 42' beam. Thank god this didnt happen. Plan B, two beams at 21' each, weighing in at 450 lbs each. For the past four weeks we have been discussing how we are going to lift each beam onto the 3 main columns, each of those weighing in at 100 lbs. Ill tell you what, I have had nightmares of these beams getting dropped and snapping my leg in fourteen gagilliion pieces. We thought we were going to need 20 guys to come and help us, and that was becoming harder and harder. So I got to talking to my dad last weekend when he came to town and he was like, "oh, you need an aroustabout". Just like that he had looked it up on his phone, sent me a photo, and the project had a new light. Needless to say, I slept well that night.
Fast forward a week, and one machine rental later, two pots of coffee, 15 eggs, 4 pounds of banana pancakes, and some Pink Floyd, and the beams are up and the stairs are in place, oh and those suckers weighed 508 lbs.
Here are the photos for ya pops, thanks for the heads up on the machine rental. Thanks Zach for the help without hesitation, and thanks Larry for measuring 28 times to make sure this all went together right.
getting it ready
putting up the columns, and our temp bracing that has been holding the deck for a few weeks.
The stairs. These things were beasts and such a pain to get where they were. Putting them in the final place was super easy.
Making Zach work. The kid is soft.
Ginger needed more coffee.
The beams in place, next up railing, and trex
You can see the stairs in place as well. Thank the maker for that lift!
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