Ground Level Deck Project {after}

So yeah, its been nearly 6 weeks since I got started on this deck project. I honestly hadn't done anything on it for the last month because I just wasn't in the mood, nor really had the money to buy the remaining materials due to losing my income recently as well.

My step-father offered to buy the remaining material a few days ago and I eagerly took him up on that offer, then immediately got to work on it. I totally forgot to take images of the progress too...doh! I also knocked this out entirely in just 2 days. Digging out all 15 post holes, and concreting in all the posts as well as making sure they were all level on Thurs morning. Then Friday morning, nailed and screwed down all the support beams and finally the deck boards and sides. Finally this morning, for about 2 hours I filled in all the additional space around the deck and leveled all the ground from where I removed the previous brick walkway.

To save money, I decided to make it smaller than originally planned, in the end its 12' x 14' which is still quite a respectable size, and all total it cost about $260. {fyi, the deck is wet because I just cleaned a bunch of dirt off it}


Anyway, here are a few images of the finished project: