Saturday, June 21, 2008

Boardwalk and Shed Projects

Our boardwalk out to the lakefront has finally begun! Here to follow is the progress that we've made today. We are all bushed, and still yet have several sections to complete. After the first one was up, the next one went much faster. This first photo is of the pallets that we were using to get out to the lakefront.
Here's the frame for the first section of boardwalk with the pallets on each side to keep us from sinking in the muck.
Mark has the deck boards down on the first section. Then we had to shuffle the pallets around so that we could walk on them to build the next section of boardwalk. Once you start walking on that wet land area, it gets more and more spungy. A couple of times we sunk pretty deep in our boots.
There's the second section of the boardwalk framing going up.
Mark managed to get the boards almost out to the end of the second section before we called it a day. We need to go buy more lumber to do the next section. We don't know how we would have managed if we didn't have those pallets to walk on up the side as we were building the walkway.
Here's the guys working on a little 6 x 6 shed for the well tank and electric panels. This project took them three days to complete on site. Mark had worked several days prior to that putting the sections of the shed together so that it would fit together like a little jigsaw puzzle.

They had four ladders going at times to build this. It over hangs off of the side of the driveway, so it was a bit of a challenge for them.
They finished it off with a cute little deck on the side so that they can hook up the water hose and connect into the power. It looks like a little white arrow pointing to heaven to me. LOL
That's it for our updates for now. Have an open house tomorrow. Our friend Bob has done a lot of work to help us with this. We are sure going to miss his help on this project when they move on to their next RV park stop!

3 comments:

Lana Trussell said...

Wow Sandy it's looking great out there! I love the little white arrow building. You guys are doing a great job! I wished we lived closer to each other, I would make you share! :)

Anonymous said...

Sandy and Mark,
You guys are awsome! What a project,but it looks great..different that when we were there.

steveandnorma said...

Hey Guys!! Your hard work is really showing. We're following your progress Let's see a fish or two while you're taking a break. (lol)