Rotten Porch Rehab

Recently we were called in to restore a deck. There was some rot on the bottom of the posts and the spindles. We went through and cut out all of the rot and rebuilt everything. We used poplar that we got from a local distributor to repair it. We used poplar instead of pine to give everything a bit longer life, pine is a soft wood and doesn't hold up great outside. So we used the poplar to replicate some of the bottom rails and spindles, and used it to repair the posts as well. For the decking that was rotten we used 5/4" Dug Fir tongue and groove decking. While working the job we also replaced the lattice on the deck with ceder square lattice and put wire fencing behind it improve the look and keep animals out from under the deck. Once everything was replaced and fixed we sealed it all and painted.

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 New Custom Rails to Match Old Rails:

 

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