Manufacturing decorative porch columns can be a very profitable business once established, especially if the main focus of the manufacturing business is to design and build Victorian porch column ...

When building a new porch, try to prevent this problem from occurring by making sure the porch deck slopes away from the house a minimum of one-quarter inch every 5 feet.

A porch is an accessory, so it shouldn’t overwhelm the house's main structure. Think of your porch as an extension of your home, a space that seamlessly blends with the rest of your property.

Building an unattached porch is similar in concept to building a deck. In fact, you start with a basic deck design and then add screened sides and a roof. Add a screen door and it is completed.

In this episode of our Log Cabin Project, we complete the framed structure for the screened-in porch, using logs harvested from our land. We notched the connection points with a saw, hammer, and ...