So here it all begins

So here it all begins. Ground zero, otherwise known as "the back yard". 

When you buy a house new you expect some work is going to be required to get the yard in some kind of order. In our case the block had a reasonably steep drop at the back door down to the bottom of the block, as well as a bloody big tree. 

The solution? "Let's build a deck!!". Well, that's part of the solution, but a big part it will be.

Now I'm not a novice at terraforming backyards, nor building decks, but I am a novice in publicly disclosing it! But so many people ask me so many questions when they see I am building, or when I have (finally) finished something.

• "how did you do it?",
• "how long did it take?",
• "what did you do when you got to (insert spot in construction)?",
• "what was the hardest part?"
• "what did you use for decking?"
• "how many posts did you use?"
• "how did you dig the footings?"
• "how was it dealing with the council?" 
• "what did it cost?"
• "what's the best brand?"
• "what's the best tool?"

etc. etc. etc.

So I have decided to write about it as a permanent record of how the project was undertaken, and now here you are reading it!

So let's learn together, enjoying the build!

Michael.

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