Span that i could tell was the original porch flooring from when the house was built in 1880.
Replacing porch floor boards.
Part 4 critter proofing and installing the porch boards.
You might have to remove a couple of courses of siding to make this happen but it s a small price to pay to keep water out of your house.
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For this repair project we milled interlocking tongue and groove boards from treated lumber to replace the original rotted porch boards.
In the video we will show techniques to replace tongue and groove porch boards both in the middle and.
Staggered splices look better and make a stronger deck.
Part 3 more front porch progress.
Slide the flashing up under the house wrap.
Part 5 finished front porch floor wood front porch built over existing concrete porch.
Cut replacement deck boards from matching lumber using a circular saw.
Rinse and let dry.
Part 2 wood front porch progress.
Cut out the bad pieces so that the splices are offset by at least one joist width and new boards are at least two joist spaces wide.
Flashing costs about 7 at home centers.
This creates joint lines that look out of place in an otherwise jointless porch.
If the porch floor isn t tongue and groove allow at least between new or replacement boards as you lay them to permit water to flow through the decking.
Damaged joists are more difficult to replace than flooring so flooring damage should be fixed promptly.
The new wood porch floor is finished.
We replaced it with a galvanized steel product designed specifically for deck ledger boards.
Rotten porch board are a big issue with historic homes.
If the existing decking is gray weather the new decking with a solution made from 1 cup of baking soda and 1 gallon of warm water.
Do not simply cut out the damaged areas and patch the floor.
I decided to replace the entire side of porch flooring with the exception of a roughly 4 ft.
When replacing a porch floor be sure to use pressure treated pine or other rot resistant wood for both the joists and flooring.
Apply in the solution with a scrub brush.