BerakahRemodeling

Project

A lakeside deck, taken to the joists and rebuilt

The surface had gone soft and gray, and the railing was blocking the reason the deck was there. We stripped it back, checked the framing, laid new hardwood and set a cable railing so the water stays in view from a seated height.

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Wide view of the finished hardwood deck running along the screened porch, with the lake in the distance
Finished

What was done

The work, in order

  • Old decking and railing removed and hauled away
  • Framing and ledger checked with the deck open
  • New hardwood decking laid and fastened
  • Cable railing set on wood posts
  • Stairs rebuilt and the rail carried down

Photos

Before and after

Before and during

  • Old gray deck boards being pulled up over the framing, with the lake beyond the railing
    The old boards coming up over the framing.
  • Weathered gray deck walkway beside the screened porch, looking out to the lake
    The walkway beside the screened porch, before.
  • Deck stripped back to the joists with the old boards stacked, lake and treeline behind
    Stripped back to the joists.

After

  • Wide view of the finished hardwood deck running along the screened porch, with the lake in the distance
    The finished deck, looking out.
  • Finished hardwood deck with a cable railing on wood posts, against the white siding of the house
    Cable railing on wood posts.
  • Hardwood deck stairs with cable railing turning down toward the garden and the water
    The stairs, rebuilt.

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