More pics and description of post replacement
He reset the loose brick and filled in the damaged wood with pressure treated posts:
(before he lowered the jacks and set the column on the new tenoned post I stashed an envelope with four quarters inside the column :santa
He replaced the facia board on one side with some cyprus that he ripped down to the same dimension as the old timber and mitered it to match. I decided I want to keep the facia board on the front. As it turns out, the mitered board on the front was around 3/8 short of the corner.
My contractor was horrified that the miters didn't match. But IMO no one will care (except him) once it's puttied, primed, and painted.
The railing's back up and it will get caulked primed and painted this weekend.
One down, 2799 projects to go.
He reset the loose brick and filled in the damaged wood with pressure treated posts:

(before he lowered the jacks and set the column on the new tenoned post I stashed an envelope with four quarters inside the column :santa
He replaced the facia board on one side with some cyprus that he ripped down to the same dimension as the old timber and mitered it to match. I decided I want to keep the facia board on the front. As it turns out, the mitered board on the front was around 3/8 short of the corner.

My contractor was horrified that the miters didn't match. But IMO no one will care (except him) once it's puttied, primed, and painted.
The railing's back up and it will get caulked primed and painted this weekend.
One down, 2799 projects to go.