The Gazebo/Deck:
Karl: This Gazebo thing is beginning to take on a life of its own, kind of reminds me of your wrestling match with the tomatoes green house excursion some time back. I had decided some time back to lay the gazebo portion of the deck in a hexagonal pattern because it would just look nice giving the whole thing an inlayed look. Now that I'm a little over half done with that portion I have put the math to it. Ten foot across, eight sides, two cuts to each board on each side using 2X6 material means that there are 20 times 8 times 2 cuts to be made and fitted using very wet CCA which doesn't lend itself to real accurate cuts in the first place. This all adds up to 320 cuts more of less. Sure am glad I didn't think to make it real nice by building up with 2X4's laid on edge. Needless to say my poor old knees are just a bit tired this evening, but if it rains again tonight I will finish that portion tomorrow. Dale