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Enclosing a front porch
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Creating a sense of shelter on a large, open lot
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A Rhode Island builder uses an I-joist layout grid to ensure accurate layout of the column piers for a complex porch.
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Inviting front porches
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Fatal porch collapse highlights flimsy connections, self-draining housewrap, new wood preservatives raise corrosion questions
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Q. I recently requested a quote for 1x4 T&G fir for a covered porch. The lumber supplier added two new species, meranti and Brazilian redwood, to the quote list. How do those woods stack up against Douglas fir, which has been used traditionally for porch floors in my area? I plan to paint all sides...
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Unless flashed properly, cantilevered deck joists provide a path for rainwater to soak the wall framing. In this story, a specialty remodeler tells how he deals with the consequences.
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A finish carpenter tells how he used composite and plastic materials to provide low-maintenance exterior details on a period house.
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Q: Last spring I completed a house with manufactured stone columns on the porches on both the north and south sides. The columns on the south porch have cracked at the corners (see photos below), while the columns on the north porch are fine. The cracks are only on the two outside corners of each...