Comments on: Farmers Porch Design Drawing http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/farmers-porch-schematic/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=farmers-porch-schematic Expert Home Improvement Advice Tue, 21 May 2013 13:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Todd http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/farmers-porch-schematic/#comment-47695 Todd Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:24:34 +0000 http://localhost/test/2007/07/farmers-porch-design-drawing/#comment-47695 Jim – Without doing calculations I can’t say for sure and I would recommend speaking with a local engineer to confirm. I wouldn’t go that small on my house, I would probably use at least an 8″ deep beam, again that depends on all the details.

]]> By: Jim Lattin http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/farmers-porch-schematic/#comment-47692 Jim Lattin Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:23:28 +0000 http://localhost/test/2007/07/farmers-porch-design-drawing/#comment-47692 Todd –

I’m planning to build a 8′x 21′ farmer’s porch on my 1850′s Maine farmhouse. From the inside corner, I was going to use three posts spaced approx. 7′ apart – is a 4×6 header adequate using 4×4 posts?
Given the roof pitch of 4/12 approx. 8′ rafters?

Thank you very much!

]]> By: Todd http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/farmers-porch-schematic/#comment-46023 Todd Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:28:16 +0000 http://localhost/test/2007/07/farmers-porch-design-drawing/#comment-46023 Jay – I think it would still look fine. The key is getting all the details right so the columns and railings can be properly secured.

]]> By: Jay http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/farmers-porch-schematic/#comment-46006 Jay Sun, 11 Jul 2010 02:04:54 +0000 http://localhost/test/2007/07/farmers-porch-design-drawing/#comment-46006 Any ideas how this would look/work/cost in a situation where the house is on a slab? In other words, I would need to add the roof and columns and rails on a concrete floor.
Here’s a picture of the house. Bad idea?
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa256/fe2o3/colonialonaslab.jpg

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]]> By: Todd http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/farmers-porch-schematic/#comment-83 Todd Wed, 28 May 2008 17:15:00 +0000 http://localhost/test/2007/07/farmers-porch-design-drawing/#comment-83 The only sure fire way to know which would look better is to draw the elevation. My farmers porch wraps around the side of the house so I have two stairs and the side one looks very natural. The center stair may work well so long as you don’t have much elevation difference requiring too many treads.

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