Progress with the porch has been slow to say the least. Taking on too much work over the summer and starting other jobs has meant that I've not had much time lately to tackle it . Luckily my mum has come for a few days to look after the children (and do a bit of weeding) whilst I try to get a bit further with my projects.
The last time I did a post about the porch it was when I put the timber work up for the roof. Since then Dill has finished the brickwork and I've added the fascia & barge board and sofit as well as felt and battening the roof to make it almost waterproof from the top (I still need to add the lead flashing against the wall).
I splashed out with the timber for the barge and fascia and brought rough sawn Accoya that I planned up. This wood is meant to be some of the most durable out there due to the way it's been treated and I have very little intention of redoing the timber work on this porch anytime soon!
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Hopefully things should move a little faster now. next I need to get the windows ordered and tiles for the roof, fit a new front door, insulate the ceiling and clean up all the reclaimed quarry tiles I've got for the floor.
Breaking something like this into little jobs is the best way in my head to make it seem manageable.
Its taking shape and looking good :-)
ReplyDeleteSlowly slowly catchy monkey! Looking good and if you can get it finished before too much winter weather sets it, it will certainly come in handy to all pile in before removing wet coats and wellies!
ReplyDeleteHaven't seen that Accoya material here. Looks interesting I will have to look if anyone here sells it. I've been using "Celular PVC" material for doing fascias like that.
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But they changed the formulation on it recently so it is even more plastic like and I don't care for it so much anymore. The older stuff sold under the name "Tuff Board"actually was a mix of wood fiber and PVC.
looking good
ReplyDeleteIt's looking really good. It will be so useful for somewhere to kick off those wellies before stepping into the house :-)
ReplyDeleteLike it Kev! I always think that a porch adds character to a house as well as being immensely useful.
ReplyDeleteDo hope that you manage to finish before our (threatened) hard winter sets in.
Your place looks very solid and durable. You work hard on keep it up, so it ought to look as good as it does.
ReplyDeleteIt will be wonderful when you get it done.. I totally understand taking on so much work your own place suffers for it... Its hard to find the balance isn't it... :O)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely getting there Kev, I've read good things about accoya wood used for windows.
ReplyDeleteLooking good Kev. Can you get into the soil around it? I see it looking really nice with some climbing roses up it....
ReplyDeleteWe are currently revamping our porch - the upside of blogging is we get inspiration from posts like this. Denise
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