Category Archives: Front Porch

Piers set…

I didn’t get as far on the framing as I would have liked this weekend…with Mike’s help I got the front beam for the porch built, the piers set and filled with concrete…and the old bodarc pilings removed. The heat … Continue reading

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We were walking on what now?

This weekend we got the second segment of porch header installed, and started to work on the porch deck and structure. The first part of the project is the 20′ straight (as in not deliberately curved…”straight” would be a hard … Continue reading

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In this episode of “What’s holding that up?”…

So, last weekend I built and installed the first replacement box beam holding up my front porch. This weekend I started on the next segment. This required a couple more jack posts and some fiddling around to get the weight … Continue reading

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First segment installed…

Y’all might recall that Saturday, I built a box beam for the front porch header…and prepped it for install…all the while managing not to kill anybody or destroy anything (major). We installed it Sunday! The first segment is a success! … Continue reading

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Boxing wompy-jaws….

So, in my epic quest to actually GET STARTED on the front railings…I’ve begun to tackle the structural issues on the front porch. I want this stuff to be straight when I add railings. Here’s what I’m up against…the porch … Continue reading

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Can of worms = open.

Y’all may recall the massive roof project we did earlier this year. Since, of course, no good deed goes unpunished, when we notified our insurance company that we’d installed a new roof their response was something like, “Meh. Install porch … Continue reading

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