Our new porch being built on our Summerville Home

This little page shows our New Porch
as it is being build on our Summerville Home

Construction started on May 23 and was finished on June 27
Since I'm not a carpenter and don't have a lot of experience in
these type of projects it was quite a challenge.
It is being built as close as possible to the local building codes.

I would also like to point out that I received a lot of advice from a good friend
Glendon Sanford who is 82 years old and has built many building that are standing today.
The construction methods are those used 50 years ago.

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	The digging starts.
May 23
	The floor sills and joists are laid. I used rough lumber which is considerably cheaper and stronger then the finished lumber of th same size.
May 25
	That concrete step turned out to be 2 feet thick and is staying where it is.
May 25
	The joists are down and the floor is started. You can see that the old porch isn't completely removed yet.
May 27
	The floor is finished.
May 28
	The walls are started.
May 29
	The walls are completed.
May 29

May 29
	The windows are framed in. The porch is going to have three large windows and two doors.
May 30
	The doors are framed in.
May 30
	The rafters are started. 2x6 on 16 inch centers is what is required in this area.
June 1
	I used rafters instead of trusses as this will give me a good dry inside storage space.
June 1
	The rafters are all up and ready for the roof to be boarded in.
June 3
	And they are tied together.
June 3

June 3
	By noon the roof was half boarded in.
June 4 AM
	At the end of the day it was completely boarded in.
June 4 PM

June 4 PM
	The ends of the roof boards are trimmed.
June 5
	The trim boards are installed on the gable ends. I'm starting to get a rubber arm from all the nailing.
June 5
	The faser boards are installed.
June 5
	The roof from the inside.
June 5
	One wall is now boarded in. My rubber arm is getting worse. One pile of 2 1/2" nails have been driven so far.
June 6 AM
	Another pound of nails and the front wall is boarded in.
June 6 PM
	The gable end is boarded in.
June 7 Am

June 7 AM
	The other wall is now boarded in.
June 7 PM
	This is the day I've been waiting for. The roof shingles are going on but first the tar paper.
June 8
	One side is finished.
June 8
	Now the other side.
June 8
	Then the cap is installed.
June 8
	After taking a few days off, it's back to work on the porch. The windows were installed today. These windows are 140 years old and are still in good shape.
June 11
	The doors are installed. This door is the only thing that is of current vintage that was used in the porch and is the only thing that I had to use caulking to seal.
June 12
	Back at the outside today. The shingling is started.
June 16
	Sharon is starting to put the stain on. Of course Buddy has to give her instructions.
June 16
	This is a days work. I learned why houses aren't shingled any longer. It's a slow process.
June 16
	The shingling of the front is getting underway and more painting is done.
June 17
	Working on the gable end.
June 17
	That red bucket sure saved a lot of trips up and down the ladder.
June 17
	Sharon wanted her bell by the door.
June 17
	It makes a nice door bell.
June 17
	I have just the one side left to shingle and some trim and it's finished.
June 17
	Well It's just about finished.
June 18
	Some more trim to do and finish the painting.
June 18
	Today I made the window screens. because of the age of the windows nothing could be bought to fit.
June 20
	The other side got painted today.
June 21
	Sharon hard at working painting the front.
June 23
	It was hard on the legs working from the ladder.
June 23
	We're getting there.
June 23
	The front is just about finished.
June 23

	Now the trim is finished
June 23
	A few more little things to do and the project is completed.
June 23
	We think it fits in real nice with the garden.
June 23

For all you folks that have been following our progress on a regular basic you will probably realize by now that it was one month to the day that we started the porch.

June 26

	This is what the inside of the new porch looks like.



	Sharon wanted a small window box at the back windows.

June 27

	The new window box got a paint job.

	Another window box for the side window.

	This is the view out the back windows.

	And lastly the completed project. One month and four days from the time it was started it's finished.

June 28

	Sharon planted the flowers in the window boxes today

Some of my other building projects

	The Pallet Shed This shed was built using nothing but recycled products

	The Pallet Fence This fence was built using recycled pallets

	The Pallet Woodshed My latest Pallet Project

	Rebuilding the Old Outhouse

	A Nova Scotia Snow Storm Hits Summerville

	Hants County Cruisers Car Club Antique Car Shows

	Lilies From the Valley A Vast selection of Oriental and Asiatic previously cut commercially grown bulbs ready for shipment anywhere in Canada

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