My backyard turned into a workshop, of course.
By the way, our neighbors had
the wall in the background put up just
a couple of months ago. Looks much
nicer than the old chain-link.
One of the first things to do was to replace that rotten header (left), then put in new rafters (right). I replaced a total of five rafters; two on the east side and three on the south side. The picture on the right shows the east side rafters.
Here we fast-forward a little bit.. The porch construction is essentially done.
You can see the new rafters, the roof has been completed, the board under the eaves
have been replaced, the new posts are in and the temporary supports are gone. The
post locations are the original locations. When the walls were removed, I found perfectly
square 4" x 4" holes in the flagstone and concrete where the old posts
had been. Putting the new posts in was remarkably easy, they didn't even have to
be cut!
The only thing left now is plaster and paint...
Finished!... Almost, anyway. We still want to strip the old white paint off
of the red brick
under the porch, but all of the construction is DONE,
and we can enjoy our new porch!
And the sky is even bluer now!
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