Never an easy fix!!!! now with photos of the solution.

[T]

Fucking shit.

Typical with this goddamn house.

Off my deck is a small area to park the grill, made of decking material. The problem is that it is no longer level, and is slanting forward and the grease in the new grill isn't flowing to the drip tray thing, but running down over the ignition wires at the front..

So after I drop off the kid at school, I grab my gloves, a few smaller patio blocks, to elevate the front, get everything level again.

WRONG!!!!!!

The douchebag former owner, ran the fucking wires to the landscape lights through the side wall, over the goddamn underneath supports and between the slats of the goddamn thin. Fuck! Now I had to rip the whole thing apart, to get the fucking landscape light wires out of the side board, and leave it to chance....a goddamn board broke. Now I'm going to rebuild the whole thing, put it up on pavers, so it wont rot like the old one currently is, and get it all nice and level with the deck.

Typical short fix bullshit with this house.

anyone has any ideas, on how to lay one of these out. feel free to input.

I'm going to follow the same design as what he used. 2x6 walls and back. No front board, 5/8"x6" deck boards (4). These are left over from the play set I built 2 years ago.

Dimensions are going to be.....width is 28.5" deck boards. Depth is ytbd. I'm going to use some old scrap landscape timbers underneath for support. Put it up on blocks to keep it out of the dirt/snow/wet.

T

[huge1s]

If I had a dollar every time I planned to spend a couple hours on a project and it turned into a week because some jackass before me did shotty work.......

[Irish]

Sounds like your douchebag former home owner and my douchebag former home owner should grab a beer together. After having to deal with several of these quick fixes, I have a new rule of thumb for estimating projects. Multiply whatever cost and time it should take by 4, that's what it'll take to fix his shit and then do it right.

Sorry I got nothing with regards to the fix. Beer helps with the blood pressure. :mrgreen:

[huge1s]

You guys can buy my house. I can guarantee that you will alway find a 16" center (at least in the basement)!!!!

T-you got pics? I am having a hard time sorting out what is going on with this. Is it possible to re-wire instead of tearing the deck down?

[Screw]

I think if I had it apart and had to redo it, I pour a couple of footings. Maybe an extra $50.00, but you know it'll stay up for 20 years that way.

-Screw

[T]

I think if I had it apart and had to redo it, I pour a couple of footings. Maybe an extra $50.00, but you know it'll stay up for 20 years that way.

-Screw

That's a gooder idea!

I got it finished, listening to period 1 of the Blackhawks game in the garage.

Eating dinner, then I will post the picks.

This is a photo of the area to the right. You can kinda see the grill sitting over there.

Basically its a small deck for the grill, off the side of the deck.

T

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/IMG_0824.jpg

[T]

So basically I constructed this out of scraps I found around the garage or behind the shed in the backyard.

I used 2x6's for the frame and deck boards for the cross pieces. I used some old scrap landscape timbers for the bottom support beams.

I used a scrap piece of 3/4" plywood to create a center tack strip to get all the deck boards lined up and spaced out. I spaced the boards with 2 scrap pieces of 1/4" ply, one on each side of the tack strip. I also forgot my camera to document the entire process. I used some finish nails to tack the boards to the strip, 2 in each board to keep them from moving too much:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/newgrill005-1.jpg

I used a 1/4" spade bit to counter sink some deck screws into the landscape timbers. I did this primarilly to save the battery on the cordless drill and to create a large enough opening for the drill bit to get screw down deep enough. 1 screw/deck board/ timber. I also used this method to keep the screws on the bottom of the "deck area" to reduce the potential for rotting and such. Plus it gives it a cleaner look with the finished product

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/newgrill006-1.jpg

with the tack strip removed:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/newgrill007-1.jpg

I then measured out the length of the now somewhat secure deck boards. I also added length for the thickness of the 2x6 in the back. IIRC, the length was 25.5". I cut the 2x6 sides to this length. I flipped the deck over, with the timbers down. I then put a small pencil mark at the center of each top of each deck board, drilled a pilot hole for a 3" long screw, and put 1 screw in each end of each deck board through the side 2x6's.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/newgrill008-1.jpg


I measured the width of the deck boards, 28.5", cut another 2x6 to that length. and squeezed it into extra space at the back and got this:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/newgrill012.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/newgrill014-1.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/newgrill013.jpg

Basically this is going to sit on the ground, with the deck area, level with my deck. This is ideal as it keeps the grill "on the deck", but doesn't take up any surface area of the deck itself!

To make what the other guy did make sense, on the bottom of the left side 2x6, he cut a hole at ground level, fed the landscape lights wires through the hole, then ran it between the front 2 boards on top of the timbers, then to the ground and under the front of the deck, towards the pool to the lights.

Why????? Fuck if I know! He's also the dumbass who put a full deck directly on top of an existing deck, with the boards running the opposite direction, giving the water no where to go, but into the boards from the under side, thus warping them rather severely.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/DSC08246.jpg

Once I get this set in the ground tomorrow, I plan on setting this on some extra patio blocks, level with the deck.

T

[T]

Finished photos.

As usual, my helper had to come out with me and sit literally at my feet.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/stuff198.jpg


Found some unused patio style bricks back behind the shed. That place is a virtual wasteland/junkyard/tree branch waiting to be burned in the chiminea. yes those are my outdoor working in the mud/cutting the grass Crocs.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/stuff196.jpg


Final placement:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/stuff194.jpg

The dog wondering why I motherfucked him when I damn near tripped over him putting this into the ground:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/stuff193.jpg


Grill with cover, snug and level(ish):
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/stuff200.jpg

Ashton guarding the gate, as my newly retired neighbor Ron had to come over and check out what I was doing.
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c23/TrumpTables/stuff201.jpg



Hope this works, could possibly give some of you guys a quick project to free up some deck space.

T

[Simps]

Nice Crocs, fag.

[T]

Nice Crocs, fag.

EABOD

You win any money @ my brother's house this weekend? I doubt it.

T

[Simps]

EABOD

You win any money @ my brother's house this weekend? I doubt it.

T

It's hard to win when you don't play.

That's this weekend dipshit.

[j p frog]

I think the dog is by the gate so as to run away as soon as it opens. Evidently he doesn't like being associated with a fag owner who wears crocs!! LOL

nice idea on the grill base. Does it wobble at all when you open the lid?

[T]

It's hard to win when you don't play.

That's this weekend dipshit.

blow me. I'll see if I can make it down and take your money.......AGAIN!

T

[T]

I think the dog is by the gate so as to run away as soon as it opens. Evidently he doesn't like being associated with a fag owner who wears crocs!! LOL

nice idea on the grill base. Does it wobble at all when you open the lid?

nothing wobbles. It is solid. The bottom supports are at the same height as the bottom of the side 2x6's. I stood on it, tried to shift it and what not, got no movement.

T