Scott Brown here and today's exciting episode we are in Ponsonby okay so this morning we are
going to pitch this in here so this post has been cut flat with the top of the balcony and
we're going to cover it up but in order to do that we need to take some of this off so
I basically look for any supports and I can see the nails here so I'm just going to cut
to one side of those nails multi that out and then knock the board that way
all right so it's a bit of a surgical removal getting rid of the tine groove
flooring but there it is now we just need to trim this post down to the same level as joists
so a handy tip when cutting out tongue and groove tongue and groove to anything is a
cut two lines in the center of the board like this and break that center piece out and then
that way when you're pulling away from the tongue and pulling a tongue out of a groove
you don't snap it and also use a multi-tool and one of these little bits here is good
for tidying up the corners that's a feet is pretty rotten and just missing pieces all
together so I ripped a piece off this looks like some more Tang goof yeah it's a groove
so I'll take this with me as well as this is a big part of renovating bungalows you end
up matching a lot of old timber we have a match can you believe it it's the third day of summer
well the weather is something you can't control of course you can't control what's getting the
right boards and I hope I did this kind of pine is treated but it's also primed because
they recommend that you have at least a coat of paint on them but in this case this is like a
sealed balcony and I want it to remain that way so I'm using epoxy to join the buttons
hopefully by doing that I'll seal both buttons and then when you coat it all with paint you
would never know it was that so protected anyway it's good have around or over it so should be fine
I think it's always good to stagger your joints as well so I joined them at this joist and that one
instead of just joining them at the same choice because then you know things do move and you do
see a lion you're not seeing an obvious repair where a post was that's where figure it anywhere
all right and I'm pretty confident this method works because four years
ago I could listen and it is literally exactly how I left