| A porch is a nice place to stay if you want to relax | | | | porches with regular or sliding doors. To locate the |
| and unwind. Constructing a porch is not as hard as | | | | ledge board, look for a point three to four inches below |
| what many people think. What is important is to | | | | the door. Place the ledger board under the point and |
| carefully follow guides or instruction to make a | | | | nail it to the structure where you wish to attach the |
| beautiful and spacious porch. Soon you will have a | | | | porch. |
| practical home addition that will spruce up any house. | | | | Making Footing, Porch Layout and Decking |
| A backyard porch is a good place to stay if you want | | | | Dig holes for the footing of the porch. The holes should |
| to spend private and memorable moments with your | | | | have these measurements, twelve inches wide and |
| loved ones. People can also relax and unwind at their | | | | four feet under the frost line. Place foundation tubes at |
| backyard porches while they have small talks with | | | | the holes and put cement at the foundation tubes. To |
| their friends. Many people like to have a backyard | | | | have firm mixture of cement, mix three portions of |
| porch, but the thought of building it hinders them to do | | | | cement to one portion of sand, then add water. Lastly, |
| so. With this simple step-by-step guide, building a porch | | | | put anchors to complete the footing of the porch. |
| will be possible. | | | | To successfully layout joists and decking for the porch, |
| Materials and Tools | | | | put joists from the center to the exterior part of the |
| Some tools and materials are important to create or | | | | porch. If it is possible, divide the porch into several |
| build a porch. To have a beautiful porch, people need | | | | sections and build decking by sections. Nail joists into |
| to have nails, screws, footing clamps, foundation tubes, | | | | the ground. To add beauty to the porch, put railings and |
| decking board, cement, sand, water and 4x4 post | | | | stiles at the deck. Support posts for railings are |
| stock lumber that is pre-treated with pressure. Aside | | | | important to keep the railings anchored to the footing |
| from these materials, it is also necessary to have | | | | of the porch. As soon as the railings are into their |
| these tools: pencil, paper, stakes, gloves, chalk line, tape | | | | proper places, the porch is complete. |
| measure, hammer, shovel, wheelbarrow, circular saw | | | | Creating a porch may be complicated at glance but |
| and drill with bits. | | | | the comfort that you will experience is definitely worth |
| Creating a Layout and Locating the Ledger Board | | | | the effort in constructing it. Style and design are |
| Think of a good area in the house where it is best to | | | | significant to make a relaxing and comfortable porch |
| locate the porch. Put stakes at the place where you | | | | so it is advantageous to look at magazines to have |
| plan to put stairs as well as at the corners of the | | | | ideas about common styles of porches. |
| porch. Ledger board is important when creating | | | | |