Building codes for porch columns
Nick Sulkowski
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Nick Sulkowski
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Design of porch screening system if porch has round columns
Comments (3)Hello, Building a nice screen room with tapered round columns is a bit time consuming but can be done. I've done a few on some historic homes. What I do is is align a piece of either 5/4 or 1 x along side the tapered column. I then hand scribe it vertically plumb, cut it so that it butts tightly against the column with its' slopes. The end result is a vertically plumb 1x or 5/4 jamb to create a square box in between the tapered columns to accomadate the new screen panels. Normally all the tapered columns are the same. So once you make one attachment piece to a column, you ccan copy them for all the rrest. Now you have a square opening to calculate your screen panels that would be installed in between. I make my own cedar screen frames and run screen spline tracks on the table saw. Of course I prefinish all the pieces and parts before assembly. If I can be of further help, please email me with your thoughts. All the best, The PorchGuy Here is a link that might be useful: My album...See MorePorch Columns Update to Enhance Curb Appeal
Comments (10)Thank you. The tree is a nice touch, although I'm not able to plant anything large in that space due to underground restrictions. It's an interesting idea to round columns, but that's more than I'm willing to do right now. I'm keeping my options as pain white, paint dark, or add veneer and stain. But I really appreciate the input...See MoreFront Porch Columns
Comments (14)10" x 10" with no column blocking the windows. Not sure why changing columns would give you a craftsman or farmhouse look, which are much smaller scaled and often do have porch railings. Here are some beefier columns in a craftsman-ish style house with no railings. Yours are awkwardly place and too thin for such a huge house....See MoreFront porch columns: Laminated or site built wrapped?
Comments (8)I agree with mie0782. Experienced continual seam-splits with our builder installed columns. Unfortunately exact match replacements were unavailable in PermaCast but the millman recommended painting the hollow interior before installing new ones. I used highway striping paint using an old towel attached onto a piece of conduit as a paint brush. Original columns began showing signs of failure within a year, replacements are still like new after a decade....See MoreNick Sulkowski
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