Extending the Deck

On Saturday, October 16, 2021, while the girls were at Natasha’s wedding shower, we boys went to town and got some wooden posts.   We have been wanting to build onto the back porch for some time, and we bought these to use get that project started.

We got to work measuring and digging holes for the posts to go in. Each hole needed to be 32 inches deep, and around 15 inches wide so we would have plenty of room to adjust them once they were in the ground. 

When the first hole we dug was finished, we poured in half a bag of concrete, then lowered in the post. After making some final adjustments, we put the rest of the concrete in the hole then filled it in. While one person held the post in place, the others filled in the hole with dirt and tamped it down. Once a post was set, we started on another. We kept digging until dark, then picked up our tools and went inside.  

The next day after church, Mom and Dad went to Lowe’s to get some decking for the floor of the porch! On Monday, we finished setting all the posts, but just before we could do anything else, it started to rain!  We picked up all the tools we had out, then went inside. We didn’t work on the deck anymore Monday.  

So, we know what the next step is! But we don’t know when it is. Maybe it’s today!

~Samuel