Tag Archives: Carpentry

Almost every summer I seem to spend quite a lot of time working on one of our porches, from building a new porch from scratch off our kitchen door in 2006, to building new screens for the upstairs northern porch … Continue reading →

In a series of blog entries, I’ve been documenting a small project to build two new wooden screens for a sleeping porch on our house. Though I only needed to construct a couple of screens, they were large, hence awkward, … Continue reading →

In my previous entry on this topic, I talked about how I was building two new wooden screens to put on windows on a second floor sleeping porch. In this entry I’ll discuss how I started putting them together. First … Continue reading →

We have several porches around our 1820 Federal style house, and no two of them are the same. Off the driveway we have an entrance porch, which I largely rebuilt last year (photo), and above that is a classic sleeping … Continue reading →

A friend reminded me that I never posted a final photo of the completed porch I built this last summer. I took some photos soon after it was finished on a sunny morning, but the final shots were too sun-dappled … Continue reading →

I came very close to finishing the porch this weekend but the weather just did not cooperate. It seemed that every time I wanted to paint, it would start raining. After a few dry hours, I managed to get the … Continue reading →

All carpentry is now complete. The only things left are some painting, a small section of gutter over the steps, and some landscaping to the right of the porch. Previous porch entry: “Stair spindles – ‘C’ wins – Halfway home” … Continue reading →

Thanks to all of you who offered your opinions on the design of the spindles for the railings over the steps for the back porch I have been building in my spare time these last three months. Half of the … Continue reading →

This weekend I finished the lattice on the other side of the back porch. Here are a few of the steps along the way. Here are the pieces of lathing that have been precut for the rectangular section to the … Continue reading →

I got a lot done today as I’m getting closer to finishing the porch that has turned out to be my main summer and, evidently, early fall project. On Thursday I solicited opinions on how I should cut the chamfers … Continue reading →

I was going to toss this up last night from my hotel room, but I had NO WiFi, which was not what was advertised. Anyway, here is a quick solicitation for your architectural opinions. As I showed in the spindle … Continue reading →

It is both a rainy weekend and a travel weekend as I write this at midday from the Rochester, NY, airport. I’ve managed to get a bit more done on the porch since last weekend and I can feel it … Continue reading →

Here are a few photos and comments about building the spindles for the porch I’m constructing outside our back door. These spindles are for the top section by the landing. The ones I will need to build for the the … Continue reading →

While I’m remiss in my photo tour of building porch railing spindles, I thought I would show an update of the state of the porch after the long three day Labor Day weekend and some work this evening. I’ve made … Continue reading →

In the last installment about the porch I’m building outside our backdoor, I discussed buying wood and the spindles I was going to build. It’s raining this weekend as we get the remnants of Tropical Storm Ernesto up here in … Continue reading →

It’s Saturday morning here in western New York and I’m sitting in a cafe in Wegman’s supermarket enjoying a coffee and a blueberry muffin while I wait for my daughter Katie to finish cross-country practice. They have free wireless here, … Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m building a new porch by our back door. Though my mother-in-law insists that it is a “stoop,” I’m going to stick with “porch” because it more accurately reflects the amount of time this … Continue reading →