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Converting a porch half wall to porch railings This story starts with a homeowner asking us to repair a half wall on their front porch. After discovering a lot of rot the customer then decided the house and porch would look better with full length posts and porch railings. Supporting the roof: Supporting the porch…
Pool Safety cover If you have an in ground pool that you close in the Fall and Winter then installing a pool safety cover makes sense. A safety cover is a mesh or solid vinyl cover that is secured along the perimeter of the pool with adjustable straps. these straps secure to anchors that are…
Entry Door Cap – Molding Detail My customer asked me to save and restore this small roof over their entryway and to keep the same moldings and details. We removed the moldings and old tin roofing and decided it was best to rebuild this as a copper door entablature. This house has a very fancy…
The importance of Dovetail Joints for STRONG Drawer Construction Image: a concord carpenter Dovetail joints are extremely strong and attractive joints, and are traditionally used on boxes, chests, quality furniture and cabinet drawers. The Dovetail Joint A dovetail joint is a strong joint technique most commonly used in higher end millwork and woodworking. You…
Photo by concord carpenter. [Notice vent in upper door.] Solutions To A Problematic Furnace Room This door leads to a mechanical room that is located in a barn converted into a house. We were contracted to replace the door and also deal with Venting A Furnace Room. The furnace room is accessible from the outside…
The last part of this project involved screen porch rot repair. This screen porch door jamb was to far gone. As a result of rot I chose to replace the entire door jamb with 2 by cedar material. There was also structural rot in the support post framing and trim. See small patch between…
Building A Firewood Storage Shed This article is about building a firewood shed. This morning was was cool and a perfect morning to install the roofing. I installed a rubberized membrane [ice and water shield] on the roof sheathing as a redundancy layer under the shingles. This membrane runs up the side wall of the…
Building A Wood shed A customer of mine asked me to construct a wood storage shed for them behind their garage. The firewood is currently being stored against the back of the garage and the lack of gutters has rain water cascading onto the wood pile. This is part 1 of a series on How…
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