It's all pressure treated and in the spring it will get a coat of Thompson's Water Seal.
The original builder was my dad. It has settled over the last 30 years and it had a slight slope to begin with for water to run off. I didn't want to try jacking it up to much as that would start to break things.
Got the rails on. Tomorrow will be the stair rails. And no, these were not premade rails. Only the slats were precut.
Wow, you do good work, fast!
Looks very nice Catt. I bet your Mom is proud of the porch and of her son.
Those newel posts are excellent!! Really going to make the whole porch stand out !! What if anything are you going to do with the handrail posts? Was noticing there is no porch light and I have used the solar powered post caps you find at Home depot and Lowes.
The plastic ones work but are kind of flimsy but I installed 4 of the copper ones in a clients house about 4 years ago that are still working. They are low level lights just enough to see the steps without disturbing you while setting on the porch at night!
Of coarse all of that is moot if there is lighting I can't see in the pics !1
The plastic ones work but are kind of flimsy but I installed 4 of the copper ones in a clients house about 4 years ago that are still working. They are low level lights just enough to see the steps without disturbing you while setting on the porch at night!
Of coarse all of that is moot if there is lighting I can't see in the pics !1
The rail posts will get cedar caps and there is a porch light. It's up behind the front support beam and on a motion sensor.
Oh she is ecstatic about how it's turning out. Sadly I only have 1 day left so some of the trim work will have to be done on another trip.
