For 2-3 weeks, we lived with a kayak, deck chairs and a bunch of other stuff from the balcony in our living room.
It didn't all fit in the living room though - some of it had to stay out on the balcony. As you can see, the other kayak had to be propped in a corner to keep it out of the way. There is also the storage box that wouldn't fit in the living room. Every time I wanted to move a section of boards, I had to do a little shuffle with the boards and the box.
We have three sections of deck boards that needed cleaning and staining. You can see two of them here. I scrubbed top and bottom and stained both sides. (The bottom only got one coat of stain. We thought it would help them last longer, but I wasn't going to do more than one coat.)
We were lucky and had enough dry days to get one coat of stain on everything. (Including me...) We weren't so lucky with the second coat. I had to wait for the boards to dry out a bit between rain showers before they could be stained again. As well, I had to guess when there would be at least 24 hours of dry weather after staining so there would be enough time to dry before the next rain shower came. I didn't always guess correctly. Once section of boards was rained on within half a day. Dan was able to prop that section up against the building so the stained side was protected from the rain.
It all worked out in the end. Everything is back in place! No more kayaks in front of the couch, plant pots on the coffee table, drop sheets on the balcony... Betty the Cat is free to go outside again - no worries about bleach or wet stain getting on her paws now.
4 comments:
That seemed like a lot of work. Are you sure that you wouldn't have been more relaxed at Central City?
Hmmmmm... After careful consideration, the answer to that, David, would be... nope!
If you had created a proper project plan, you may have been able to complete the project with less disruption.
I just want to make sure that you remember how to do this kind of stuff when you come back to us!
If I'd done a project plan, think how long it would have taken to get approved! Then I would've needed a PIA, SLA, etc. I wouldn't have even been able to start on the balcony yet if I didn't sneak it in as a break/fix.
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