One project was our side porch...
In the almost twenty five years that we've lived here, we've replaced the wooden floor boards on this heavily used porch at least twice...maybe three times. The tongue and groove boards looked nice, until they began to rot from moisture over time. We tried to keep them painted, but over time there wasn't much option but to replace them. Again.
This time we decided to go with a composite material, from a local Amish company that we've used before for PVC and hi-tensil fencing. We lined things up in late April, but with the rainy summer we've had, things didn't get underway until last week.
They ripped off the old porch boards on Thursday afternoon, and came back on Friday morning to install the new floor...
The dogs couldn't stay off the porch even while they were working in it. I overheard one of the guys commenting that "it looks like she's reclaiming her porch!"
Yesterday the came back to finish up. They put hinges in the door to the basement, and replaced the pump trough...
...and they finished the other part of the job.
This section of fence around the barnyard was begging to be replaced for a while, and it looks so much better now! We opted to also put up a section of fence to block off the skid tanks that hold our diesel and gasoline. I would say it was a great improvement!
You know what would make it even better?
Some SUNSHINE! I was just looking up rainfall totals for Lancaster County this year...
Lancaster County usually receives about 41" of rainfall per year. We've already reached/surpassed that amount, with four months to go in 2018.
SUNSHINE...please?
To me the porch is the most important part of a home. Yours looks very inviting! Our dog, Ella, was also very frustrated when we head out porch stained. All of our rain must have headed your way as it is dry here.
ReplyDeleteGreat improvements! I'm sure that you smile every time that you see that porch :)
ReplyDeleteI'll send you some of our sunshine, if you send me some of your rain ~~LOL!
Have a happy day.
~K.
Nice job. Those kind of chores take a lot of time and are messy, no matter what. I think you'll like the new material. We put that kind of flooring on our porch. Higher cost but almost no maintenance, has looked great for years and still does. Wish you could send some wetness this way. We're dry as potato chips.
ReplyDeleteThe porch looks great! It's nice to get some sprucing up projects done. And your flowers look beautiful, too!
ReplyDeleteYour side porch looks great! It will handle any weather thrown at it!
ReplyDeleteI love your flowers!
That looks wonderful. It always feels so nice to get things done like that. I love that gate.
ReplyDeleteComposite is worth the money for the no maintenance and great look.
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