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Last picture shows what the old porch was like. Too hard for old knees to use, no handrail, either…even the Post Office complained about it. I covered over the old porch, added a new deck, railings, and new, easy to walk up stairs, with a handrail…took about 6 days, working around rain showers…..average was 5 hours a day…

A little more room to sit out on the porch…much easier to walk out to the sidewalk, house numbers are now easier to read from the street. And, I got to do a little woodworking, too…

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Kudos for another great project. I'm sure you will enjoy the results of this one. Looks great.
 

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Looks great. Enjoy your new seating area.
 

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Looks great. I don't know how u found the time to work if u got all the rain I've got hammered with the last week or so.
FYI your wife will be wanting a nice big flower box for in front of the porch so u might as well build that instead of having to pull your tools out again. Lol
 

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Bloody excellent job mate!
No doubt the postie will be blowing his whistle over that!
I need to see a bigger picture of the grandkids work too!
What is that object under the 313? ...LED lights all around? ... too much!!
Rebeccalynn dosn't know what she missed out on.

Looks like its time to pop a cork, or two!
 

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That was fast. Well done.
 

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Quite an improvement and a job well done. Mel
 

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Well done,fellow lumberjock, I know the feeling about old knees and complains about old porch without handrail so,,, I'm about to do the same treatment to my old porch, thanks for the inspiration. thanks for posting and keep on making sawdust.
 

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Just think a year from now you can start adding "wood preservative " to your biannual chores to protect the hard work you've done!
In my area Central N.Y. We need a permit to build, kind of a tax idea.
 

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Nice upgrade. The 'boss' should really like it.
 

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Permit needed IF a project is over 10' x 10'....mine is about a foot under that…shorter (South side) is 104"....
 

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Still waiting to see a bigger picture of the grandkids work!

Good job out the back as well! . ....maybe I need to send you a few tins of paint now to really spruce things up?
 

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Grandsons helped lay all them deck boards…as this old back wasn't quite up to all that bending over…..Youngest one was recruited to stand on a few bowed boards..to keep them flat long enough to screw them in place…20yr old did a lot of "Fetch & Carry"....and drove a LOT of the screws. Joists were wet and heavy, needed an extra pair of hands to hold them in place…until the screws were in. And, when grandson needed a nap, before going to his "day job" my son would come out, and help out as well…but, when both needed to sleep before jobs, I got to work alone…a little slower…

Some days were longer than the 5 hour average….some were cut short by rain drops…

Lot of cut-offs I need to get rid of…..and I can't use IN the shop…still too wet. maybe a plant stand, or two?
 
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