front deck - wiring

Dave worked his way around the wiring on the deck at odd patches throughout the week, He started by swapping the the adjustable and non-adjustable fixings on the run parallel to the fence, so if the crimping didn't turn out well, it would hide the messy bits behind the furniture.

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The railings came with a crimping tool that looks pretty industrial and must be worth £40 ish? There were a variety of crimping jaws, so Dave's first challenge was to work out which size would be best, It was going to be very unforgiving if he got it wrong. Of course, he didn't, and strung the lower short runs at the fence end first, to make sure he got the hang of it. He did :)
He did the house short ends next, then braved the long runs towards the end of the week, when he was more confident with the whole process. He says he mucked a few up, but I can't see any. The wires are more for psychological security than anything else - nobody will be climbing or leaning on them for any legitimate reason. Looks really smart, and partly due to a conversation with our neighbour when he came out for a look, we're going to delay adding the fencing to see whether we feel private enough to leave all the lovely steelwork on display. We'll still fill the gap between the deck and the fence, just for security purposes,
Anyway, we (wo)man-handled the furniture into place (which would have been much easier before the wires went in...), brought some cushions around and tried it out for size. With the steel ball on the "don't really be stepping here" part of the steps and Mum's Buddha watching over us from the corner, it feels quite cosy when sitting down, and because of the cars, we are quite well shielded from the street.
Just the cushion box to build now, and swap out the little green one to where the conifer stumps still are.