Just finished a screened porch in Southern Village (Chapel Hill, NC) my customer was very pleased with the results. It was a lot of work being on a hillside with NO level ground.
Before photo!
Here is the house before I started, this deck was built about 10 years ago. The lower deck was built for small children, it was not tall enough for adults to use without bending over.
After
Now the deck is complete. I still have to paint the band boards, posts, stair stringers and hand railing. The painted hand railing I re used the old pickets and re painted them, The best ones from the old deck that is. The reason I’m not painting the rest right away is wet treated lumber painted too soon can rot the wood as the paint holds in the moisture.
Here is the kitty door so the inside cats can come out onto the porch and enjoy the outside air by themselves or with the family.
I install beaded board ceiling in most of the porches I build. The beaded board has knots and I use an oil based primer to block out the knots. We also pre-paint the ceiling boards before installing as the ceiling boards will shrink and unpainted wood will show after shrinkage.
This photo shows the steps. I made the steps easy to climb with a 7 inch rise and 13 inch tread, the old steps were kind of scary with an 8 1/2 inch rise and 9 inch tread. To the right of the steps is where some potted plants will go.
Love the work you did here, it looks great! I really like that beadboard ceiling on the porch. I should look into doing that on our back porch, I like the look a lot.
Fantastic job; It’s an amazing improvement over the original. Having the steps easier to climb will be appreciated by the owners, the old ones sounded scary. The kitty door is a great idea and the porch looks so inviting.
You have amazing talent!
Great to see a porch suspended in mid air! – The area for potted plants should certainly help create a more homely feel