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Mountain Porch Retreat

WarthConstruction, member | November 14th, 2011

Our region has an extended outdoor season that the homeowners wanted to take full advantage of. The existing deck was not adequate for hosting large parties and had no covered space for protection...

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The Rotten old front porch has gotta go! Has anybody used helical steel screw pile/piers?

johnyt, member | August 5th, 20092 comments

I have a 1922 house with a 1922 porch with dry rot in the floor and one of the walls. The covering is fine and will stay. No building permit required as long as i do not change the footprint. I am...

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Double Decker

pnbdinc, member | April 27th, 2009

The upper balcony was falling off of the house, and the downstairs bedroom had only a window to the outside. We designed and built a deck that is twice the square footage of the...

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Building Our First House: Floor Plan & Elevations Tour

sjdehner, member | March 7th, 2009

After our house was featured in Fine Homebuilding (February) we've had requests to see our floor plan. For those interested this page shows the working plan - minus dimensions & notes - from...

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