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Replace porch with pressure-treated wood By Peter Hotton , Handymen On Call April 24, 2014 Q: My mahogany front porch floor is built on a frame over the original concrete slab.
Porch columns can suffer from age and exposure to weather. Once a column has deteriorated beyond minor carpentry repair, you'll need to replace it. Locating a replacement column can be tricky.
We have a problem with the front porch of our 44-year-old home. The outside corner of the poured concrete porch is curving up, lifting the post that’s supporting the roof. There’s no tree or ...
In the past week, Don asked me for advice. He lives in the northeast corner of North Carolina just 15 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. His front porch stoop is in very bad shape. Back in 1949, when ...