01NOV22 - Yet another project has begun, the demo of the back deck which will be Part 1 of a 3-part series. Part 2 will be the remodel/resurfacing of the pool…

The contractor, Curtis, brought his niece and nephew, Mina and Joey, with him as helpers and they wound up using the cart to haul the old lumber to the can.…

Joey watching.

About then we learned that the original builders had not cut any corners and EVERY 4x6 post for the deck floor had been set in a bag or two of concrete. I got…

Buddy hung out and watched everything. ;-)

The can finally arrived a couple hours late but, by the end of day, the kids had this much filled. Me thinks we'll be needing two of these.

Curtis had an idea to try and cut the supports and pull the upper portion down a section at a time. It worked but it was a bit dicey and I don't know if that…

There was still some standing water the next morning but work continued.

Curtis got after it right away and one after the other, sections of roof came down.