The process of demolishing and removing the old deck took a couple of hours.
 
Demolition
Step one. Bob is starting to remove the old railings.
 
Demolition
Here are the joists for the old deck. The original owners, being rather 'frugal,' didn't replace the rotted ones when they replaced the decking on top. They sistered a couple of short pieces of 2x4 on the worst parts to obscure, I mean 'fix' them.
 
Demolition
Notice the lack of tools in this picture. Bob was literally able to tear big chunks off the old deck barehanded. We probably should have made replacing the deck a higher priority.
 


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