Outdoor Project Part 6

Believe it or not the whole outside project is almost done. I have been lacking in giving updates about it but if you have visited another blog, which is not to be named, you would have seen the progress. But alas, I am here to update you.

The deck is redwood and underneath that is pressure treated wood, which gives off arsenic and very unhealthy when cut, as told by our contractor many times.  The four vertical support posts are 6x6 douglas fir, the beams are 6x8 doug fir, the rafters are 3x6 doug fir, roof is 2x6 tongue in groove spruce.

The only draw back is that the ends will not be attached to the house. This is because we have a shallow slope that does not match the pitch of the roof.  If we had followed the pitch of the roof, I would have been able to reach up touch the beams easily, maybe even with my head. This also would have made the house darker and impaired more of the view. So we had to make a trade off, but I think I can figure out a way to use either flashing or some type of gutter that when painted will look "normal".