Ben, the chippie

We reviewed what we wanted for our landscaping and decided it had to be done in stages.  Our boundary fences are a big stumbling block at the moment as we cannot get our neighbours to commit to choosing a fence supplier or paying for their half of the fence.  In fact, we can't get in touch with one of our neighbours despite sending them letters and quotations for the fences.  So, this is really delaying the start of any landscaping.  I have now posted them the official "notice to fence" form by registered mail.  Once again we are waiting for a response.

In the meantime, we've decided to start on the front deck.  This deck will extend from our front door and over our existing patio.  After much research, Ben has decided to use Ironbark wood as opposed to Merbau.  During the research process he found that Merbau leaches quite a bit of the colour over time.  Ironbark also has the highest strength rating, S1. He's using treated Pine for the posts.  Bunnings has been our favourite place for the last few weeks.  We've spent so much of money there that I think we should consider buying some shares in the company.

Day 1 

Day 2

All Done!

So proud of Ben,  he worked for a whole week all by himself constructing this deck.  I only really helped to screw in the timber slats and broke a few drill bits in the process.  He's never built a deck before and I think he did a pretty good for a first timer.  Now for the back deck.