Decking the Porch (March)

So we've been doing some work on our huge wrap around porch in the last few months. Mom & Dad came up in late March to help us tear off the top of the porch (rotten) and deck it. Thankfully the support structure was treated lumber and in good shape.

The minds at work on how to accomplish this task:



Big porch. Looked pretty bad. A friend's big dog (weighed at least as much as me) went through the porch in that one spot. Was not hurt.



The edges were breaking off the worst because they were left open to the elements and got moisture in them. Dangerous.



Good underpinnings. Pregnant belly.



Hard at work.



Pregnant still, but the part in front of the door is done!



How pretty is that? They even did the corner all nice!



It really looks all clean and new right now. We've been enjoying it since April, I think, and it makes the house look so much nicer. Now, we just need to stain it and box-in/repair the "ceiling" of the porch. Some of our neighbors have their porch ceilings painted light bluegreen and told us it was so that muddobbers (?) wouldn't build nests in the corners - anyone know if that's true?

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