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Well I had a long weekend to work on the deck and since I had to miss a fine party thrown by my bestest buddy in the whole wide world I forced myself to make the best of my time stuck at home....aww, poor Jimm!    » read more »

Here's an update following a long holiday weekend. 

My 50 square meters of pressure-treated lumber arrived on Wednesday of last week. I still had a lot of prep work to do so I decided to furnish the stack of lumber in the meantime:

I thought it added a nice little touch to the front yard and the kids liked being there rather than "helping" me.     » read more »

After a lively weekend of mixing concrete (bucket by friggin' bucket) I have all of the support pillars set.

I dug out around the supports and then proceeded to backfill with stones jammed into the concrete. I must say they are pretty darned sturdy now after curing for a couple of days.

I made the little grooves in the concrete above ground for functional purposes rather than aesthetic.    » read more »

Now that spring is almost here (mid May in Sweden), it's time to stop thinking of things to do around the outside of the house and get to it.

My first project was to rip out the 2.5 x 5 meter deck that was attached to the back of the house. It wasn't very nice and it was built too tight to the side of the house so moisture has managed to rot the vast majority of the siding (the replacement of this will be in a post on down the line).    » read more »