In late June, an event forced us to make the decision to finally fix our rotting porch. See this hole? It was caused by a bench I was standing on that went through the floor. Woopsie.
We got to work pulling up boards...figuring, we needed only to replace the rotted boards with new boards. It wasn't long before we realized that "rut row" we had major issues. Rotten beams.
A quick trip to Lowes and several hundred dollars later, we were back in business. We removed the rotted beam...
And replaced it with a new pressure treated beam. Yes...the previous owners had used pine beams...ummmm...okay. NOT! (btw...thank goodness for the mini excavator....phew!)
Yup...ANOTHER rotten beam. Ugh. Bye bye rotten beam!!
The new porch starts to take shape.
Mark even added special touches like the finished corner.
It's amazing!
We had installed these oak tree trunks as supports...they were neat looking but not pressure treated. They were starting to rot. They had to come out.
We purchased (yes another trip to Lowes) 6x6s to replace the trunks. Not as neat, but much better for construction. We even installed the post brackets.
The first new beam in place.
Big difference between the old porch (red/blue) and the new. Lovely oak boards.
So cozy!!!
The best news of all, the porch is 100% kitty approved. We will paint the posts (no more white) and install a railing. The new porch is safe and sound...100% built by us. Cool.
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