I wanted to build my own deck on the back of my house. I bought a few books on the subject and started reading. I figured that it could not be that hard but the more that I read, the more difficult it sounded.

I decided to look online under MN deck construction to see if there was a company that would sell me all the materials that I needed and give me an idea of how to do it. I did not find any companies like that by searching MN deck construction but I did find a home remodeling company that said that they would let me observe them constructing the deck. I figured that maybe they would let me pick up a hammer or screw gun and it would be worth it to have the experience under my belt.

The home remodeling company started working on a Monday morning at about eight ‘o clock. I was out there ready to be of assistance to them, if they needed me. I sat back and watched how they laid everything out to make sure it was all square.

They let me help with installing all of the planks and some of the handrails. I learned a lot and used the little bit that I had read about, to let them know that I was not as inexperienced as I seemed to be.