Hi all,
Starting to get ready to renovate an old porch. It was originally open but is currently enclosed with a door and windows.
I plan on reinforcing the front ledger board with an additional 2x6. There are two block columns under the porch at the front corners and I plan on putting in two more where there will be columns. I have 4 structural pvc columns that will support the roof and accept the stair railing. I’ll have them at the corners and front steps. I plan on filling in blocks and attaching a Simpson brackets to front ledger board. The block columns will be directly below the pvc columns.
I will also install joist hangers on floor joists that are all toenailed, mostly because I have them and over built.
Am I missing anything, anything to watch out for?
Columns go on flooring or directly to the block columns?
Thanks in advance.
Starting to get ready to renovate an old porch. It was originally open but is currently enclosed with a door and windows.
I plan on reinforcing the front ledger board with an additional 2x6. There are two block columns under the porch at the front corners and I plan on putting in two more where there will be columns. I have 4 structural pvc columns that will support the roof and accept the stair railing. I’ll have them at the corners and front steps. I plan on filling in blocks and attaching a Simpson brackets to front ledger board. The block columns will be directly below the pvc columns.
I will also install joist hangers on floor joists that are all toenailed, mostly because I have them and over built.
Am I missing anything, anything to watch out for?
Columns go on flooring or directly to the block columns?
Thanks in advance.
