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Finishing up the lower deck531 viewsSome final touches on the lower deck boards.
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Helping Hand530 viewsWilliam offers a hand with his toy hammer as we're nailing on the wall sheathing.
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Intense Stare523 viewsNot sure what I was doing here, but it was evidently hard work!
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Stairs go up517 viewsPlacing the stair stringers up.
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Siding work517 viewsAt this point, the back and sides (minus the gables) were complete, and Tim was working on siding the front. The garage door won't get it's final wood trim until the roll-up door is complete.
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It's finished!517 viewsHere's an inside view of the 'workshop' area. We hung up pegboard and put in a small workbench. You can also see the finished window, which opens out.
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Walls being built508 viewsWe started building the garage on the driveway. This picture was taken while working on the walls. We used a pressure-treated 2x4 sole plate which will rest directly on the ground, and 2x2's for the wall framing. 2x2's were used to help keep weight and costs down, and becuase they should be more than sufficient for this use.
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Before: The old railings505 viewsThe original railing was black wrought iron. The previous owner went on an almond binge and painted almost everything in the house almond -- all of the oak trim, doors, cabinets, walls-- and this railing. We have converted most of the almond trim and doors to white, but we left this railing almond, knowing it was just going to be replaced soon anyway.
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Completed Deck501 viewsCompleted deck, post-past-inspection!
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Siding and painting trim499 viewsWe moved the garage near it's final location so we could put the siding on it. It was still very heavy even though it lacked a roof and siding... Here Cathy works on painting the door trim.
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Completed rails after finishing497 viewsThe finished view, from the top! We used a Minwax stain finish, which matched the color of our floors and related trim. Then we installed three coats of Minwax rub-on polyurethane. This was the first time we used rub-on poly, and we loved it. It was a joy to work with, especially with so many hard-to-reach surfaces to cover.
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Grandma and William493 viewsGrandma came over to help us babysit while we worked on the railings. They try out the brand new deck.
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