The porch is completed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I learned something new about the finishing of new treated lumber.
They don’t recommend waiting 60 to 90 days for the boards to dry anymore.
They say by staining right away, it slows the drying process, & prevents cracking, & checking.
I relate that to sealing the ends of lumber to prevent checking.
We used Olympic semi-transparent oil stain that is water cleanup, pretty nice not having to use mineral spirits for cleanup
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
So we had the pleasure of putting finish on right away. Photos by Barb.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here’s the whole painting crew, hard at work!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This is before!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Here’s what it looks like now.
Quite a difference.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quiet comfort in the shade
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Flowers add some color!
-- http://lumberjocks.com/jocks/Chipncut
4 comments so far
tenontim
home | projects | blog
115 posts in 140 days
posted 37 days ago
This came out great, Dick & Barb. It really increases the curb appeal of the house. Thanks for the series of this post.
-- Tim - http://www.tmuli.com
Bill
home | projects | blog
102 posts in 141 days
posted 33 days ago
Beautiful work Dick. It looks like the porch belongs there, and that is what you wanted. Well done.
-- Bill - Turlock, Ca. - http://www.brookswoodworks.com
dennis
home | projects | blog
41 posts in 141 days
posted 31 days ago
The third one from the left is a little crooked, but other than that it looks great!
-- http://woodsongsfurniture.com
terick
home | projects | blog
3 posts in 57 days
posted 26 days ago
Looks like you did a fine job, also nice to see the family working as a team.
Rick at Carpentry Pro Framer
-- Rick from Carpentry-Pro-Framer.com