And here is what I think is a better idea, one that is on my own front porch slab: Take off the floor and frame, and put in bricks. Put in 1 inch of mortar on the slab, then embed rough-surfaced ...

I also made sure the porch floor was a simple 7.5-inch step down from the main floor of the house. Once again, I had seen this for decades at all the older homes I worked on in Cincinnati.

Q. This week: The open front porch on my 1930's era home needs maintenance nearly every year. The wood flooring has paint on it, which peels up and bubbles, probably because snow sits on it during ...

At Home Explore Building a covered front porch to resist rain, add social space Feb. 10, 2022 at 5:00 am Updated Feb. 10, 2022 at 12:12 pm ...