Muggs and I pulled a couple of boards last week
and milled them just to prove that it was worth doing
(and that we wouldn't have to buy $10,000+ worth of new lumber).
We'll be ripping rotten edges off, leaving several different widths.
Planing down to the 39mm mark on the Delta planer seems to be enough....
Getting the rails and cap off without shattering the wood took some patience...
But as you see there's scary amounts of rot.
I tried out my technique of using the Sawzall from underneath
to cut away the rotten douglas fir joists, leaving the pressure-treated
sistered joists from a cobbled "fix" of about 6 years ago.
De-nailing definitely is a chore, although I got faster at it.
Odd to see the open space--and odder still to feel how spongy
everything is.
Some of these are 18' or 20' long I believe. Not sure how they'll mill.
I hope to do some more soon, so we have enough
deck product to place at least some during the work weekend. More soon.
