The 5ft wide pre-fab concrete steps have been in place for about a week.
The REALLY cool thing, though, is that they took my old railing (which was rotted and falling down), and pulled the little squiggly design off of it, then welded it onto a brand new railing. After some sand, primer, and paint it looks like it’s always been there. This is really going to motivate me to sand and paint the rest of the railing sooner rather than later. I can’t get over how nice it looks.
new concrete steps and railings
the brand new railing with the old railing’s detail welded on
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Whew… Thank god. Now I can come over *without* a building inspector.
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Whew… Thank god. Now I can come over *without* a building inspector.