When repairing or replacing rotten wood on a porch be sure to use rot resistant materials such as treated wood redwood cypress cedar composite or plastic.
Replacing porch floor.
Replacing rotten porch flooring with new flooring.
For this repair project we milled interlocking tongue and groove boards from treated lumber to replace the original rotted porch boards.
Since porch flooring and railings are exposed to the elements it has a tendency to rot over time.
How to stamp a concrete porch floor rock solid hosts derek stearns and dean marsico show how to use overlay and a pattern stamp to rework a cracked and peeling concrete porch floor.
Use that measurement to cut if necessary the new porch column.
Add a ledger strip next to the house to allow the porch floor to be nailed to.
Measure the distance from the top of the column to the porch floor.
If the porch is deeper than 8 use a slope closer to 1 8 per foot to avoid a pronounced slant if the porch floor isn t tongue and groove allow at least between new or replacement boards as you lay them to.
Add 2x4 blocking for the porch floor to rest upon image 2.
Damaged joists are more difficult to replace than flooring so flooring damage should be fixed promptly.
When replacing a porch floor be sure to use pressure treated pine or other rot resistant wood for both the joists and flooring.
Span that i could tell was the original porch flooring from when the house was built in 1880.
Install z bar flashing between porch frame and house image 1 allowing moisture to run away from house.
The result is a stylish porch surface resembling slate at a fraction of the cost.
Make sure the porch floor has a slight slope to it between 1 8 and per linear foot for tongue and groove floors.
Porch flooring is exposed to the elements so over time even the most durable types will become damaged.
The flooring may begin to rot which can cause major damage to the porch if the rot spreads to the joists.