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Mar 16, 2011 · Set your posts like you would for a deck. 1/3 of the length in the ground with concrete. Look into building the cover as a gable off the house, so that enclosing it is easy later on down the road.
Feasibility of enclosing this porch and adding a bathroom?
Aug 30, 2020 · I don't particularly mind if it looks like an enclosed porch (it's pretty common in the area). The columns appear structural to me. You can kind of see how the far two columns have settled and tilted out a few inches over the last 100 years. I was thinking of removing the existing back door and just leaving it as a passage to the enclosed porch ...
Adding enclosed porch to existing house. - DIY Home …
Feb 28, 2019 · The plan is to add a barn roof at a lower slope starting in the middle height of existing roof spanning from one edge of the house to past the midpoint. The plan is to pour concrete foundation with majority of the porch enclosed (projected columns on drawing are temporary until walls and windows are installed), leaving the rightmost portion as ...
Enclosing an attached porch/deck as a sunroom
Aug 22, 2011 · I am researching the best way to enclose an existing porch (with roof, railings and an outdoor wooden floor) that sits on concrete piers.
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Mar 9, 2010 · 1. I have to remove the vinyl cover (see pics) and expose the existing top plate. 2. I need to determine how many windows I am going to add and the spacing needed for the windows. I am thinking 4 or 5. I will list the measurements tomorrow. I am pretty sure the width of the front opening is 15' 8. Will double check. 3.
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Jul 23, 2011 · Enclosing a covered patio Jump to Latest Follow 12K views 4 replies 5 participants last post by TrapperL Jul 24, 2011
Ideas on how we can fix our enclosed patio/sunroom?
Nov 11, 2013 · The room was advertised as a "fully-enclosed patio that can be used as a bonus room." :whistling2: We didn't realize the lower panels had plexi behind them until yesterday. Building a new room would be financially impossible right now. We have tons of yard already and don't need the additional outdoor living space of a second covered patio.
Enclosed porch over existing concrete patio? - DIY Home …
Jun 10, 2012 · My wife keeps bugging me to enclose our 10'x26' concrete patio i poured about 10 years ago. I do not think we can do this, however. The concrete is a 4" (at least) slab on a bed of limestone. Since the roof would not be supported on something that is below the frost line, I'm afraid it might heave up in the winter (central PA).
IRC Code Compliance Question: Patio Enclosures
Dec 9, 2015 · Below is a section from Appendix H of the 2012 IRC, which covers "patio enclosures". Our local building authority defaults to the IRC guidelines. Does enclosing the windows within the porch structure violate this section? The last two sentences seem to conflict a bit in this instance.
Cost to convert deck into a simple additional room.
Mar 26, 2013 · The materials needed to enclose a space are heavy and a deck just won't have enough support to make it work. In some situations a simple outside concrete patio can be enclosed with, say, glass panels to make what's known as a 'three season porch'. But that's only because the concrete is already there, on ground level.