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Redecked a dock. The pressure washing at the end was the most satisfying part. Happily there was very little rot on the 2x6 runners and none on the 4x4 posts. I think it'll look great with some of that deck repair paint glopped on!
That’s some big dock energy
Very nice job! Please tell me you placed a Halloween skeleton under one of the planks lol
Too many cypress knees. Almost no space under there. I'm going to have to raise or raze the whole thing in less then ten years I'm estimating
How many docks would a dock deck, if a dock could deck docks?
How many docks did a deck dock, if a dock did deck docks
That's some nice work! I like it being around the tree. You shined it up really pretty!
A couple of old running gears from disused hay racks out in the grove, some welded up tubing and galvanized pipe. I built that thing 15 years ago.
That's really cool. I'm trying to be a better welder so I can do stuff like that too. Do you wheel it into the water or are the wheels for mowing under it?
I built it on the running gears to make it easy to put in and take out. Takes 5 minutes with the tractor to wheel it in and pull it out all by myself.
I see. Very cool!
hah, I've seen that movie ! the chronicles of redeck
“Redecked a dock” is just fun to say.
Hell yeah, brother!
Looks great. Can I come over and cast a line? I’ll bring a 6 pack and a trout whistle
No trout in here but you're free to come drink and whistle. Obligatory John Prine - Whistle and Fish
Nice work!
But have you ever redocked a deck?
Is it even possible? Once you make it a dock does it stop being a dock? Maybe if the water dries up, but you refill it, you've redocked a deck.
I thought the yellow drill was a rubber duck for a moment so it'd be a duck dock redeck. Not phallic enough for other vowels.
You can say that title with a dentist in your mouth
That final photo: the work was worth it that dock is gorgeous. Dock party?
Eventually. Always something else to finish before I can celebrate!
Can I ask how much that ran you? I have a small front porch and steps I need to do the same thing with.
$375 for the wood, fasteners and paint and a roller. To build from scratch it'd be about double that.
Came here to ask about the structure/foundation holding everything up. It was answered. Looks good!
Oof looks great!
My back porch needs work... Some of the runners must've had rot because there's pieces cut out and extra wood tacked on. Looks shoddy and boards give in from above.
I fixed some of these by patching the runners similarly to your description, affixing and then cutting out all the rot until I got back to good wood and putting wood hardener in. It can definitely be just as strong. My thought on it though is if you already have all the boards off replacing the runners is just as much work as cutting and patching. I'm a big believer in sizing things to whatever length my boards are though to try and minimize cutting (work) whenever possible.
In my case my back porch is elevated so I walked under and can see the work previously done.
I'm probably going to hire someone to do it right. Not sure if patching or replacing is required.
One of the posts needs reinforcement. Crappy concrete pour is loose.
I'd hire someone too if it was high enough to walk under. I've seen too many deck and porch fail videos online to feel comfortable doing that myself.
Hopefully you used good varnish
Very nice and beautiful.
I put varnish on cheap pallet would stuff and it's lasted at least 2 years. It just turned a little grey
If I would have thought It'd clean up so nice I probably would have used a varnish but I was not optimistic on how it would all clean up
Just realized I've been talking about Lacquer this entire time. I like like the varnish, but I'm more concerned about Lacquer