My Deck collapsed in February.

Back when I bought the house 12 years ago I was told the deck was in bad shape and needed to be replaced. I said meh and kept putting it off until later

I noticed over the year it was pulling more and more away from the house and was getting more and more wobbly. We got a big snowfall and I saw one day that the deck had collapsed.

So fast forward to Jun when I had some time off work and could get my Dad to come over and give me a hand. We would only spend 4-5 hours each day working on it.

Day 1 Was tearing the deck apart. It was so rotted it really wasn't that hard to break apart. The boards were so rotted it could be hard to get leverage with a pry bar because it would just sink into the board.

Day 2 we finished up removing the last bits of the deck and cleaning up the garbage that was under it. Then it was looking at the siding and trying to decide what needed to be replaced and how much to cut out.

The siding all on the house really is rough and should probably be replaced but I don't have the money for that so for now it's going to be a bit of a patch work.

Day 3 we cut out the rest of the siding we think needed to be replaced and checking the boards behind it to see if it was rotted. Luckily it was mostly still good

We also spent day 3 running to Home Depot to get the siding, and calk to seal up the holes and seams.

Day 4 was spent just cutting and fitting the siding. This really took so much longer than the demo work, which I suppose is normally how it goes.

It still needs paint and it's not perfect but it looks so much better than a collapsed, rotted deck and rotted siding.

Then a month later we had some more free time and me and my Dad built a set of stairs. This job we don't think we would get it done in a day but we're able to actually finish it in about 4 hours. And that includes running to the store to get the wood and going to get lunch. The next thing to still do is add a rolling oh and paint. I should probably get some paint on it before November and snow fall. The rolling I'm not super worried about right now and we may get it this year or maybe next year. Honestly over all it felt really good to be able to do some work and actually do repairs on the house and build something. I feel I learned something over this whole project.