Smoking & Grilling Porch Upgrade (Bear)

[Bearcarver]

Smoking & Grilling Porch Upgrade  (Bear)



I promised I would take pics along the way & post my Porch Upgrade, so here it is:

Our House is only 13 years old, but I got tired of coating the Porch every 3 years & the Steps every year. Plus the Stair Treads needed replacing for the Third time.
So I decided to use AZEK “XDM” this time, which is an Awesome Manmade product (PVC), which will hold up to all of the things that will ruin most decks. It’s not cheap, but it should last forever, or at least until the support structure can no longer hold up, which should be a long time.

I only wanted to redo the Steps, because the porch was still like new, but if I wanted to do the porch at a later date some of the stairs would have to be removed, so we figured we might as well do the whole works & get it over with. I also knew I had to add 13 new Joists, to the original 14 because the old way would have never passed code with the 24” on centers with the old 5/4” decking, or with this new stuff.

Then once we got the Stair Treads off we saw that the Stringers were a lot worse than we thought, so I had to make a quick run to get 5 PT 2” X 12” boards for new Stringers, and completely redo the stairs.

So now after all is said & done, my new Smoking & Grilling Porch is Completely Upgraded & Ready to go again.


More info with the Pics below.


Bear




Dang AZEK isn’t cheap——Doesn’t look like $3400 on that little pile, does it !!!
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1533.jpg.html




Bear’s Smoking Porch before Upgrade:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1718.jpg.html




Stairs Before Upgrade:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1720.jpg.html




Old stuff removed, 13 New Joists installed (every other one) making them 12” on center. Deck Boards started:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1736.jpg.html




Deck Boards laid & Posts secured in place.
I love these concealed fasteners used on this stuff:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1746.jpg.html




Old Stairs were worse than we thought, so removed them entirely:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1749.jpg.html




Porch Railing Completed:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1750.jpg.html




Deck Facia completed & New Stringers cut, squared, leveled & secured:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1751.jpg.html




Steps completed, and Stair Posts Plumbed & secured:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1754.jpg.html




New Steps & Stair Railing Completed:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1760.jpg.html



Porch & Stairs completed & Lattice re-installed:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1755.jpg.html




Smoking Porch Upgrade Completed:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1759.jpg.html



A Picture from below my Smoking & Grilling end:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1756.jpg.html




View from left of Stairs:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1757.jpg.html




Overall Completed Picture:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1758.jpg.html




Everything back in place & ready for business:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN1770.jpg.html

 

[justplainbob]

yeah but how'd it taste?

 

[floridasteve]

Lovely!

 

[driedstick]

Very nice upgrade bear, I am sure you will be happy with the future smokes on that. Ya I like the concealed mounting also. 

Great job 

DS

 

[shoebe]

Nice work, looks great!

 

[bmaddox]

So when are you coming to Florida to build my smoking porch? 

 

[rabbithutch]

Great job, Bear! Thumbs Up

That really improved the appearance and should last you a great long while.

What is the silver thing protruding from wall below the windows?

 

[gary s]

Nice Job, I really Like that upgrade on the railing   Looks fantastic

Gary

 

[Dutch]

Nice job there Bear!

 

[smokin monkey]

Hi Bear, we had wood decking around our garden, I agree what a pain. We took it up and replaced it with Plastic!

 

[Bearcarver]

 
yeah but how'd it taste?

LOL.

Bear

Lovely!

Thanks Steve!

Bear

 
Very nice upgrade bear, I am sure you will be happy with the future smokes on that. Ya I like the concealed mounting also. 

Great job 

DS

Thank You DS !!

Bear

 

[GaryHibbert]

Looking good John.  Should be the last time you have to worry about the deck and stairs.

Gotta agree with you---that's a pretty small pile for all that money.

Gary

 

[Bearcarver]

 
Nice work, looks great!

Thank You!

Bear

 
So when are you coming to Florida to build my smoking porch? 

LOL--I no longer can do any of the physical part myself---I just do the layouts, figuring, and ordering.

Bear

Great job, Bear!

That really improved the appearance and should last you a great long while.

What is the silver thing protruding from wall below the windows?

Thank You!!!

That is my Pellet Stove Vent Pipe (Chimney).

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

Hi Bear, we had wood decking around our garden, I agree what a pain. We took it up and replaced it with Plastic!

Thanks SM !!

Seems no matter what we put on wood, it doesn't hold up to UV Rays.

Bad enough I have to Paint my Whole Log House with Woodguard every 2 or 3 years, I want my porch, deck, and stairs carefree. This AZEK "XLM" should do the trick.

Bear

 
Nice job there Bear!

Thank You Dutch!!

Good to see ya.

Bear

 

[rabbithutch]

Thank You!!!
That is my Pellet Stove Vent Pipe (Chimney).

Bear

Aha! Thanks for the response.

 

[Bearcarver]

 
Looking good John.  Should be the last time you have to worry about the deck and stairs.

Gotta agree with you---that's a pretty small pile for all that money.

Gary

Thank You Gary!!

Bear

 

[hardcookin]

Bear the porch looks great!!

 

[twoalpha]

Bear

Project turned out Great.

PVC decking and all the accessories have come a long way and hold up better than wood with no maintenance.

I have spent my working career producing a variety of PVC products and know they will last.

Larry

 

[tropics]

Bear That looks great,the house looks like a dream house.

Richie

 

[Bearcarver]

Bear the porch looks great!!

Thank You!!

Bear

 
Bear

Project turned out Great.

PVC decking and all the accessories have come a long way and hold up better than wood with no maintenance.

I have spent my working career producing a variety of PVC products and know they will last.

Larry

Thanks Larry!!

I know the list of things that don't hurt this stuff is huge!!

Bear