{"id":791,"date":"2010-08-04T15:07:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T21:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/?p=791"},"modified":"2010-08-08T15:08:11","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T21:08:11","slug":"the-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"The Deck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The back of our house looks very different now than it did just a few short weeks ago. We had the guys at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevensgc.com\">Stevens General Contractors<\/a> design and build a custom <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trex.com\">Trex<\/a> deck for us. They really did a nice job. After seeing the seriousness of the substructure they built, I&#8217;m guessing I could park a car (or two) on top of it. I was surprised how much work was needed to make everything fit just right. We are extremely happy with the results.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-792\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8416-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Before\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-792\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8416-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8416-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Before<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-793\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0251.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0251-520x388.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"After\" width=\"520\" height=\"388\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0251-520x388.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0251-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">After<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-791 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_8416\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8416-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-792\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-792'>\n\t\t\t\tBefore\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_8512\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8512-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-798\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-798'>\n\t\t\t\tCompost Moved\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_8853\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8853-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-799\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-799'>\n\t\t\t\tLanding Removed\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_8880\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8880-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-800\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-800'>\n\t\t\t\tSerious Footings\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_8890\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8890-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-801\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-801'>\n\t\t\t\tSerious Posts\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_8892\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8892-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-803\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-803'>\n\t\t\t\tLight Posts\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_8891\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_8891-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-802\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-802'>\n\t\t\t\tNew Metal-Halide Lights\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_0147\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0147-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-804\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-804'>\n\t\t\t\tFramework\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_0155\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0155-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-805\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-805'>\n\t\t\t\tRain Gutter\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_0166\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0166-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-806\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-806'>\n\t\t\t\tWrap-Around Steps\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_0169\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0169-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-807\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-807'>\n\t\t\t\tStep Structure\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/img_0177\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/IMG_0177-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-808\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-808'>\n\t\t\t\tNatural Gas Line\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon 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gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-793'>\n\t\t\t\tAfter\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The back of our house looks very different now than it did just a few short weeks ago. We had the guys at Stevens General Contractors design and build a custom Trex deck for us. They really did a nice job. After seeing the seriousness of the substructure they built, I&#8217;m guessing I could park &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/2010\/08\/04\/the-deck\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Deck<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=791"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/791\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jtalbot.com\/garden\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}