"Jason Carlton" wrote in message
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. . . I'm spending $8500 on a
deck, I want it to look the way I want it to look!

$8500 is a significant price. In your place, after so many
disagrements, I would fire this chap and look elsewhere.
With careful thought and preplanning, you can build a
better deck yourself with one unskilled helper, cheaper too.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)