We've been wanting to add a deck pretty much since we built this house. It came with the standard 10' x 10' concrete pad and, lets face it, that's just not enough space. So after getting several quotes and then watching our neighbor build his own for a fraction of the cost, Troy decided to go for it. Much preparation went into it and it took awhile for Troy to carve out time to get it done but we have it now and it is fabulous. Big thanks to Patrick (our neighbor with the deck), Jason (another neighbor who is a general contractor who states he can't build anything) and Adam (Benton Tech had a few special work days outside). Leave it to Troy to build it a bit bigger than we planned and to me to buy enormous deck accessories to cover it.
Here you can see the concrete pad and then the outline for the future deck (Troy scalped the grass hoping that would kill it. It didn't. Now it's growing up between the deck bards. Whatevs!).
Grilling on our new deck! Yes, he had a mohawk...he'd just run the Super Spartan race.
