Front Porch Progress

As mentioned, work has started on finishing the front porch, which is pretty exciting, since it’s the last unfinished part of the front of the house (well, aside from the lighting, landscaping, fence, walk, and side gate). Regardless, it’s a big piece of the house curb appeal looking more “done” and less “that house that’s been remodeling for ten years”.

Since this is work being done by contractors, I don’t have a whole lot to report about the process other than the giant pile of material and debris and pallets in the front yard. They took off the “temporary” stairs we’d been using for several years and framed new ones, put in the 4×4 posts that form the newel posts for the railing, installed all of the composite decking, then put in beadboard and started the cladding process.

Next they didn’t show up for several days and we’re starting to wonder when they’re coming back. It’s been exciting to see movement and we want to see it continue, plus we’ve been looking forward to having railings, particularly on the stairs where it’s dangerous not having them.

One downside is that we’d planned on having wrought iron balusters that would match the front door, but the railing system that goes with the decking doesn’t really allow for swapping out since it’s all pre-fab. Maybe if we get ambitious down the road we’ll figure that out, but for now with it being done by a contractor, we’re inclined to just let them finish.

Yesterday morning the drywallers showed up and we did a walk through before they started work so that I could tell them several things they could ignore, so more progress is afoot!