We're replacing the porch.
Everything under the roof and above the grounds. It's going to be a massive
project using all my cunning and resources. Oh yeah, and savings. Our contractor is a
man of infinite resource and sagacity, so he'll do a first-rate job. In fact, he's
using so much space-age polymers and synthetic material to rebuild the porch, in
1000 years, the only thing that may remain of the house is a front porch
standing all by itself like the legs of Ozymandias. "Look on my front
porch, ye mighty and despair!"
I'll update this page with periodic snapshots and pictures, so
keep checking back.
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August 2005 - The porch as we originally had it.
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July 19 - We put our mix 'n' match, third rate porch furniture on Tim and John's patio (the Canyon). |
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| July 20, 2006 - Brad strips the first round of siding off the porch and props up the roof. |
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July 21 - They took down the balustrades.
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The roof is now entirely supported by these beams.
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The scary part is that there is no support under the porch, the floor boards were mostly worn away, and several of beams had extensive termite damage. |
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| Tim 'n' John's porch. This is the general look we're aiming for, except we'll have square columns with recessed panels rather than Doric columns. |
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July 24 - The porch is nearly gone - Brad removed the flooring this morning. His assistant nearly fell through some of the rotten floor planks |
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| Turns out the soffits may be rotten, too, so we might be replacing that as well.
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A medium project quickly becomes a large project as we find
some of the bricks require major tuckpoint.
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July 25 - If Rome hired Brad as their contractor, it
might have been built in a day.
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The specs called for joists 16" apart, but ours are
12" apart. And there are double joists along the interior wall. |
Count 'em: 2 pages of construction pictures
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