How to stamp a concrete porch floor rock solid hosts derek stearns and dean marsico show how to use overlay and a pattern stamp to rework a cracked and peeling concrete porch floor.
Replacing porch floor.
Install z bar flashing between porch frame and house image 1 allowing moisture to run away from house.
Since porch flooring and railings are exposed to the elements it has a tendency to rot over time.
Porch flooring is exposed to the elements so over time even the most durable types will become damaged.
When repairing or replacing rotten wood on a porch be sure to use rot resistant materials such as treated wood redwood cypress cedar composite or plastic.
Measure the distance from the top of the column to the porch floor.
When replacing a porch floor be sure to use pressure treated pine or other rot resistant wood for both the joists and flooring.
Replacing rotten porch flooring with new flooring.
Add a ledger strip next to the house to allow the porch floor to be nailed to.
If the porch is deeper than 8 use a slope closer to 1 8 per foot to avoid a pronounced slant if the porch floor isn t tongue and groove allow at least between new or replacement boards as you lay them to.
The result is a stylish porch surface resembling slate at a fraction of the cost.
Add 2x4 blocking for the porch floor to rest upon image 2.
The flooring may begin to rot which can cause major damage to the porch if the rot spreads to the joists.
Span that i could tell was the original porch flooring from when the house was built in 1880.
Make sure the porch floor has a slight slope to it between 1 8 and per linear foot for tongue and groove floors.
Use that measurement to cut if necessary the new porch column.
I decided to replace the entire side of porch flooring with the exception of a roughly 4 ft.
For this repair project we milled interlocking tongue and groove boards from treated lumber to replace the original rotted porch boards.