Chapter 20 - Back Porch Build

Watch what happens to the back of the house...


April 2009 - The Original House back view



The balcony was rotting away with old artifical turf and decaying floorboards



We removed the railings, floor and structure of the back porch



Next, we removed all the old windows on both the first and second floor and reframed the entire back of the house



We began to rebuilt by creating new footings and posts to hold the new, much larger balcony

While we restructured the back porch, we also installed brand new top-of-the-line Anderson windows across the entire back of the house



We added an access door from the loft room as well as a new window and new roof lines that flank both sides of the balcony



The roof line on the right side sits right under the picture window of the Master Bathroom.



Laying down the floor of larger, half-round balcony

The Master Bedroom has a new beautiful sliding glass double door

 

The balcony and porch along with the roof line are complete and the "look" of  balcony began to take shape.

Lathe (chicken wire) is applied so that stucco can be added.



A thin sheet of concrete is smoothed over the floor of the balcony

The roof of the porch is beautiful cedar planks.

With the roof completed, we added new and repaired old stucco. Then we destroyed the red-dyed concrete patio.

The back porch columns ready to be assembled

The Back Porch compete!

THE BACK OF THE HOUSE NOW!!!