In further efforts to improve our home, we rented a powerwasher and washed the heck out of our deck this afternoon. The rental unit was fine, but while the guy made sure the gas tank was full, no one thought to check the oil levels. Eric started it up and everything was working great for about two minutes—then the engine shut off. After a quick trip back to Home Depot for oil (and to adjust our rental return time), it was smooth sailing.

The deck before we started…

We took turns powerwashing and scrubbing.

Green = eww… but the powerwasher clearly works!

The deck looks fantastic and Eric is planning to seal and stain it next weekend.