Last Friday I went to Kerikeri to build a deck with my dad. When we got to the place we started to pull this really old deck apart and start from scratch. When pulling the deck apart I learnt that when you pull decking timber off and there are nails you need to bend the nails back into the wood so that no one will step on them. The tools I used to take the deck apart was a dog bar, hammer, sledge hammer and skill saw. On Saturday we went back and started to set up string lines so that we can see where to put the pile holes. We then had to dig a hole to put the piles in and concrete them with rapid set. We also had to measure and cut the joist with the drop saw/ Mitre saw. On Sunday we needed to cut and lay the decking timber but we didn’t have enough time so we will go back next sunday to finish the job. I also used the planer to make sure the joist we all level. Some other tools that I used was a nail gun, 1800 level, hand saw, impact driver, drill and a laser level.
