More stories about Porches

• Custom-Carved Corbels

  As part of a job finishing a side-porch addition to a Victorian home, I had to reproduce six decorative corbels.

• Letters

  Safe installation of basement water heaters; galvanized pipe for gas; painting old porch floors

• On the Job

  An unlikely window; bench bump-outs expand a narrow porch

• On the Job

  Custom shower niches; working inside the bubble

• Using Bending Rail

  Laminating a curved stair rail takes sturdy forms and a lot of clamps.

• Products

  Accordion Screens ~ Ingenious Deck Spacers ~ Rolling Along ~ Weather-Resistant Wood Doors ~ Houdini Hutch ~ Practical Porch Railing ~ PVC Porch Decking ~ Impact-Resistant Acrylic

• Framing a Curved Porch

  separate the winners from the runners-up.

• On the Job

  Raising the bar on efficiency; restoration in the round

• Design: Columns, Posts, Piers: What's Best for the Porch?

  Columns, posts, piers: What's best for the porch?

• Q&A: Sealers for Porch Floors

  Q. Sealers for Porch Floors We just installed a T&G fir floor on a covered porch that the customer plans to have painted in the spring. I would prefer to at least seal the wood against the weather until the painter has a chance to prime and top-coat the f