New shooting deck

[hunt4570]

Looking forward to your progress.

Back in the 70's, my neighbor treated his fence posts like this. I forget the name of the product since I was just a teenager, but I remember helping paint it on the ends of the posts. He passed away in the 80's and his wife sold the place in the 90's. They where still solid then, but he was super **** about creating a slope up the sides of his posts once they where installed. This was the first time that I've seen that done and always did it on everything that I did. Later in life I stared doing Home Repairs and found that every post that I came across that was rotted out, was at the surface of the ground where water would sit. The ground settled over time and that lower area held water, and that caused the rot. I've seen this in posts that where just five years old, and posts that were decades old. Treatment doesn't seem to matter as much as keeping the water away from the post.

Agreed, I try to do the same... slope the ground away from the posts, and where I'm building this the ground slopes pretty good anyway so that will help... I hope! These posts (16 feet tall) I treated both ends and everything in-between! Eventually I'll cut the tops off and I'll retreat them when I do.

 

[hunt4570]

So getting ready to install the decking on my little project...


Anyone recognize this little gem?? Old school..


Do some slicing


And knock the pieces out..




Set one board up to check level..

And we're good!

 

[spitter]

Never seen a high flueteun water level like that.:thumbsup: I still got the round tub with the coil of hose wrapped around it. Most jobs just had a clear hose with water red dye and alcohol in them .:drink:

 

[hunt4570]

Never seen a high flueteun water level like that.:thumbsup: I still got the round tub with the coil of hose wrapped around it. Most jobs just had a clear hose with water red dye and alcohol in them .:drink:

I bet I've had that guy for 30 years. I have not used it in more than ten probably! I was a little concerned if it still worked, so I pulled it out, filled it with water (and a few drops of food coloring), put a new battery in it and it worked just like it used to. It beeps when it reaches level so one person can use it and not have to see both ends. Definitely high falueteun as you say!:thumbsup:

Looks like Zircon still makes one, mine is obviously an older model..

Electronic Water Level | WL25 Water level | Zircon

 

[EddieWalker]

I didn't even know there where water levels that you can buy. I've only used them a few times and I just bought some clear tubing. After I'm done, it gets used for something else and eventually disappears.

 

[hunt4570]

I didn't even know there where water levels that you can buy. I've only used them a few times and I just bought some clear tubing. After I'm done, it gets used for something else and eventually disappears.

Clear tubing works but one person cannot see both ends at one time.

 

[spitter]

Depends on the job I guess . Before lasers became affordable when we set acoustic ceilings the water level sat on a fixed point and you walked around the room and put a mark on the wall always the same level as fixed point as long as no one moved the fixed point or steped on the hose . No need to see the other end.We made a story pole out of wall angle with a pencil screwed to it and wood extend the mark up the wall. In fact the commercially sold water level was a round resiviour that had a separate place to coil up the hose all you did was set the resiouvor and marked the other end couldn't see the other end. I don' see the need for a beeper or any electronics.:drink:

 

[hunt4570]

Depends on the job I guess . Before lasers became affordable when we set acoustic ceilings the water level sat on a fixed point and you walked around the room and put a mark on the wall always the same level as fixed point as long as no one moved the fixed point or steped on the hose . No need to see the other end.We made a story pole out of wall angle with a pencil screwed to it and wood extend the mark up the wall. In fact the commercially sold water level was a round resiviour that had a separate place to coil up the hose all you did was set the resiouvor and marked the other end couldn't see the other end. I don' see the need for a beeper or any electronics.:drink:

I guess I’m not sure how that would work, every time you moved the end you were working on the water level would change at the fixed end also I would think. That is how water levels work after all.

I'm sure it did work as you used it, maybe the reservoir has something to do with it.. just not understanding how it would work.

 

[hunt4570]

A little more progress...

Bolting up the rim joists


Getting the joists in getting ready for decking



Wont be too long for stage one..

 

[spitter]

Have you ever used the simsion black bolts instead of carriage bolts they are a lot faster and simsion say they are equal to carriage bolts in strength. Simsion Headlock they are called . I think a carriage bolt I definitely stronger the headlocks are just faster. are the carriage bolts you are using galvanized or zinc the galvanized hot dipped are usually used in exterior work and zinc in interior work. Nice to see someone take the time to let in the rim joist add lots of strength.:thumbsup:Excellent work . We do you want me there with the beer and tannerite.