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e Ok Theodore & Judith Edin - 3025 Casco Point Road - Orono Description of Request - from page one A need to rebuild portions of the deek from second floor - home built in 1959 - Deck extends 4 ’ from house, full width of house, w ith door leading directly from living room. As such it is the main and natural exit to the lawn and lake beyond the house. - Several undcrl>ing supports show signs of rotting - a danger in the near future - Surface of the deck was attached with regular nails, now some boards are rising at the end point where they arc attached and cannot be nailed flat anj- longer - nails do not hold down - Some of the deck boards arc show ing cracks and curling on the outer edges Our request is to; - Strengthen the supports where they arc showing rot - Replace the deck with boards attached properly with screws, spaced to drain water below • Replace the railings with horizontal “spacers ’ most likely - installed to current code for spacers between each post - Add a small section, approximately 8'at the deepest point, and wide enough for a small table about 4 ’ diameter and 4 small chairs. Sec two rough drawings as ideas for deck extension The entire roof overhang above the deck is very generous and collects the water from the roof which drains down on either side of the house, and into the ground/lawn beneath and cither end of the deck Our plans arc to retain the lawn/grasscs beneath the deck extension, with no hardcover added. The only area we have changed, involving hardcover, is behind the garage. The replacement was fabric with “slots ”- draining the rain fall into the ground on purpose, to support the growth of large pine trees which grow along the north side, behind the garage. As a result, wecMs do grow in the summer, but the pine trees do flourish. All rainfall on the south side of the home drains from the roof, above and beyond the rocks and plastic in this area, onto the grassv areas be> ond them and drains into the lawn below the house on the lake side. The two drain pipes which accomplish this arc in place at all times but are removed during the winter months so ice docs not back up into the gutters above them. Likewise, the rain from the entire north side of the housc/garage drains into gutters and is carried into the ground from two points at each end of the gutters. If necessary to make a trade-off we w ill remov e the plastic from the area below the entire present deck and add a few plantings. Q‘J ‘^r-H\1 IQ