12 July 2012

Installed the fourth set of in-ground posts, associated stringers, and railing post while Chree started screwing 5/4x6x3′ deck boards in place.  After lunch, while she made an emergency run to the Hannaford’s in Brandon (just where do all those Honey Roasted Peanuts and Ben & Jerry’s go????), I put on the first couple of pieces of railing cap (a horizontal 2x4 that lies atop the railing posts), the first piece of railing (a 2x4 on edge with rounded top that attaches to the railing cap), and the first piece of toe cap (a vertical 2x2½″ board that runs along the top of the deck boards and is attached to the railing posts).  Larder replenished, together we installed the next couple of walkway lights.  This time they all worked when tested, including the bulb that gave me heart failure yesterday.  When it was well and truly dark (long after my bedtime), we ooohed and ahhhed at the well-illuminated walkway.  (The info sign in the South Burlington Lowe’s Electrical Department said 12 volt 7 watt lights spaced 12 feet apart would provide adequate path illumination.  They were right!)