Someone I deeply admire described me as “irascible” recently – of course I had to look that up in the dictionary (you see – he’s VERY smart).

irascible
adjective
(of a person) easily made angry.

• characterized by or arising from anger : their rebukes got progressively more irascible.

I’m sure my sons would agree!

And believe it or not – this DOES relate to my deck addition project. You’ll recall that a few years ago, my oldest son made a comment about “Steve” (my ex-SO) doing everything around here. It seems to me it is that “irascible” part of me that gets motivated for house projects like this.

Progress is being made. I’ve found that I’ve had to make some adjustments along the way with respect to the foundation. Needed more support right against the wall.

I laid all of the lumber out first – needed to be sure I had estimated right and wanted to be sure I understood where any issues would be. This was a good idea. I ended up having to buy more so that where I had to seam was minimal and I could stagger it such that it didn’t result in a very visual line.

This image is taken from the upper side of the waterfall.

I am cutting the boards to fit snuggly against the wall, but leaving the other side as is until I’m finished. Then I will use my circular saw to trim the edge connecting to the old deck when I’m finished.

It is also a good thing I chose to use deck screws instead of nails as I’ve had to remove boards and make some corrections. The screws made it much easier.

An interesting ‘unintended consequence’ of this deck addition is the additional seating created by building it flush with the wall. I went out at night and found that the height of the deck results in perfect seating on the wall.