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May - July 2018: Repairing the screen porch
September 26-27: Sealing and painting the floor

Work begins July 1   Work July 2   Work July 3   Work July 6
Work July 7   Work July 8   Work July 11   Work ends July 12
Painting the floor   Resetting the furniture

May 16
ABL contractor looks it over
 
The porch was built in 1991 and held up for 27 years.

July 1: work starts
Exterior, east and west (below)
 
Interior
 
Below, west corner (looking west, looking south)
 
July 2
 
 
Opening things up, screens and supports down
 
July 3: new footings and uprights

July 4
over half-way there

We had imagined a much deeper cavity under the deck.


July 7: closing in on enclosing

 

 

Trim and staining started July 8
The new screens are so light and flat we we afraid we would walk into them.
 
Trim finished, stain going on, July 11

July 12, 2018, finished (pictures from July 13-15)




Painting the floor, Sept. 26, 2018
 

 
Resetting the furniture, Sept. 27, 2018
             

July 12, 2018
Sept. 30, 2018