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/diy/ - Do It Yourself

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Started a little project today, rebuilding a porch thats been falling apart on the front of my house.

I got started a little quick before i had the idea to take some pictures and start a thread on here so there's no pictures before i started ripping it apart.

>> No.454486
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First pic is the framing after i ripped it off the house. Didnt take much, only a couple deck screws through the ledger board held it to the house, no lag bolts or anything into the slab that it was built under

Heres what it looks like after cleanup

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And the vinyl railing that was on it, you can probably imagine how it looked before. The railing was held by a couple screws through the bottom of the post.

It looks like thats how it was supposed to be installed, but it looks like a cheap system. This was put on about 10 years ago, so im assuming the rail systems are better designed now (hopefully).

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So far, i only got the demolition done, will start the setting the posts and framing today.

Getting these old posts out by hand kicked my ass yesterday

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>>454489

>> No.454540

I bet it feels good to get things out and moving along to something new.

All that wood looks like it is in pretty good condition. I wish I was there, I'd take it off your hands.

>> No.455264

>>454489
>by hand

Shit man, that must have sucked. I had enough trouble getting a concrete block out half that size.

>> No.455328

>>454489

next time get yourself a cheap truckers comealong, a couple heavy eyebolts and build an A-frame out of 2x4's, winch those badboys out

when we first got our ranch I had to do some cleanup, the neighbor had "fixed" a fence section by pouring concrete around some posts, but had dug the holes with a 24" auger instead of a posthole digger, so the concrete chunks were about 4 times the volume needed, those were some seriously heavy bastards

>> No.455332

>>454491
At least it seems that wherever you are, the dirt is not too rocky/clay-y. Probably could have been worse. Either way, digging posts up sucks ass, been to that party.

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1/3

Rough framing about halfway through. The sidewalk underneath was sloped about 2" so all the joists had to be ripped a 1/2" and 1 1/2" to make the floor level.

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2/3

Framing done and blocking in, i would probably be able to finish today, but im only working on it about 4 hours a day so far.

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3/3

Couple deck boards in. The floor and railing are both going to be cedar, along with the posts which will be covered with 1x4 cedar on all sides. More than likely the outside joist will be covered too.

>> No.455627

>>455592
The way you bridged the framing where the joists butt end to end is a bit odd, but I guess it's not a big deal since they are sitting on a slab and not load bearing.

>> No.455665

>>455627

That is a good point now that i look at it, which is why you don't design and build at the same time. I don't really know why i didn't use a whole 2x10 instead of the blocks. I was too pissed about how poorly the slab was layed and sloped and was probably too worried about keeping everything level.

>> No.455743

Yeah, I notice the butting together.. but yeah it wont matter since its sitting

Are those 2x10s pressure treated? It's hard to tell from the pics.

>> No.455758

>>455592
When I connect to posts like that I use large bolts and massive washers through everything. 2 bolts per post.

>> No.455763

>>455758
Lagging it is good if its going to be supporting the weight in a suspended application, but as long as the other side at least has galvanized ring shank nails drove through it will last pretty much forever.

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Just use some 5" ledgerloks for the posts. Fuck all the predrilling and shit for lag bolts, it's not really necessary since the deck structure isn't doing anything as far as supporting the posts anyway.

>> No.455828

>>455743

Yeah all the framing is pressure treated, posts rated for ground contact.

>>455758

Used 1/4x4" lag screws in the ledger board at 2' on centers, 2 into the posts, and anywhere else i could without splitting shit.

>>455796

I had two drills with me which helped a lot. One was loaded with the drill bit and the other had the nut setter for the lag screws. (or bolts whatever the hell you want to call them) Only had to switch out for the deck screws so it went pretty quick.

>> No.456001

>>455828
>Used 1/4x4" lag screws in the ledger board at 2' on centers, 2 into the posts, and anywhere else i could without splitting shit.

Nice. when I use thick screws I make sure to drill pilot holes. Pine is terrible for being split by stuff, if not when you do it then later on after some twisting forces are applied during normal use.