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EDITOR'S LETTER

Coastal Contractor

November 2007
by Andy Engel
The adaptable deck builder

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EDITOR'S LETTER The Adaptable Deck Builder Andy Engel Roughly 20 years ago, a fellow I'd done some residential stair work for asked me to build the stairs for a store he planned to open. In my inexperience and hubris, I built those commercial stairs to residential standards. When they failed the building inspection, I had to replace them. Only my working a series of 16-hour days allowed the grand opening to happen on schedule. The science fiction author Robert Heinlein opined, "Specialization is for insects." Embracing that philosophy as a carpenter, I always sought new challenges. Occasionally, I'd pull a

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