Dale, Oh I wish you were available for an FTP chat. So many questions.
I pretty much have to move the electric meter as the meter itself is in the way. If I were to build the deck around the meter it would block visual access to it which is a no no according to the electric company. Teresa's brother recommended not flush pointing the bricks, they are a vertical course of bricks, and that would actually help drain the water out. I had intended on flashing it, but he thought that looks ugly and if you can avoid it, why not. I keep going back and forth with the idea of a step or no step down to the deck. I had decided to use a 2 by 6 and a 2 by 10 in front of that so the 2 by 6 would push the 2 by 10 out beyond the stone foundation wall. I now have a couple of concerns with that plan again. The 2 by 10 would only touch the stone at a few points since the stone face is so lumpy. I am worried that if I stagger the bolting of the ledger board, the lower bolts which would just pass through the 2 by 10 and not both boards, would have the tendency to pull the lower edge of the 2 by 10 in toward the house since there wouldn't be a whole lot backing that lower edge. Secondly, there is a six foot wide basement window that the 2 by 10 would partially obscure. That would also mean that I could not have bolts along the lower stagger in that six foot span. the whole thing is driving me crazy. Hope you are back online soon. Later. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
