The Back Porch

The Back Porch
The door from the bedroom and where the french doors will be to open out to the back porch - The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
The door from the bedroom and where the french doors will be to open out to the back porch

In June they started building the porches. They dug down to the piers and put in the supports. They nailed on flashing. Then they put up the ledger and some serious bolts.

They came back in July and framed the back porch. - The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
Back Porch framed

They came back in July and framed the back porch.

Progress on Porches and the Carport - Project Small House
Back Porch
Progress on Porches and the Carport - Project Small House
Back Porch
Progress on Porches and the Carport - Project Small House
Back Porch

Everybody stood on pieces of wood when they worked out there.

The back porch before the decking and railings - The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
The back porch before the decking and railings

Now it is August. They are putting up the siding. One of the siding crew will be decking the porch.

Boxing in so the siding guys have a surface they can work with - The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
Boxing in so the siding guys have a surface they can work with

The siding guys conferred and the contractor sent the carpenters back to box in the back porch supports. It would be too complicated to cut and piece around the posts the way they were.

Boxing in so the siding guys have a surface they can work with - The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
Boxing in so the siding guys have a surface they can work with
The posts stick out. They had to be boxed in for the vinyl and aluminum. - The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
Before: The posts stick out. They had to be boxed in for the vinyl and aluminum.
Boxed in for the siding - The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
After: Boxed in for the siding

Around this time, the electrician put in the boxes for the ceiling fans, a flood light and security lights.

Installing the Vinyl Siding - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
Porch ceiling

So here is the porch with the siding and the ceiling partially finished.

Starting on the decking - The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
Starting on the decking

It didn’t take any time at all to put down the decking. He nailed it all in, then trimmed it off.

The porch decking - The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
The porch decking

The back porch with the decking finished.

The back porch with the decking, railing and balusters - The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
The back porch with the decking, railing and balusters

A couple of weeks later, the deck guy came back and put up the railing and the balusters. The steps can’t go in until the final grade.

The back porch with the ceiling, vinyl siding, decking, railing and balusters -The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
The back porch with the ceiling, vinyl siding, decking, railing and balusters

You can see the boxes for the ceiling fans.

See where the security lights and the floor light will go? - The back porch with the ceiling, vinyl siding, decking, railing and balusters - The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
See where the security lights and the floor light will go?

In the center will be a flood light toward the field behind the house. The corners have motion detector spotlights that can be aimed.

The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
The Back Porch

So, here it is finished.

The Back Porch - Building Our Schumacher Home - Project Small House
The Back Porch

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