The porch on this house was added in 1920.  The style is clearly on that period and is not a good match to the original architecture.

There is significant  water damage that has compromised the structure along the entire south end of the porch

Unfortunately, the water damage affected the house as well.

After removing the ceiling and Fascia, supports were added to support the roof.  As suspected, the header beams were severely damaged, along with the Yankee gutters.

All of the water damaged wood was removed from the house.

After some searching we were able to order a router bit that matched the original corner bead of the house, resulting in a dead match.

The corner of the house, completely restored

All of the Yankee Gutters were rebuilt, along with all new header beams, and turned columns.

The Yankee gutters were lined with aluminum and coated with a cold tar sealant.  This completed the structural restoration phase.  Now we could begin working on the aesthetics.

The exterior facing fascia all replaced and primed.

The decorative brackets were designed based on existing architectural elements from other exterior parts of the house.

These were handmade in our shop.  Primed, painted and ready to install.

With the brackets mounted and blended in, the new porch is starting to take shape.

In the quest for a low profile set of spandrels, we chose to use sets of plate rails.  We built the tops and bottoms out to give it a more solid look.

Back in the shop we borrowed the Trefoil designs from above the windows of the house and created a post bracket

Each needed to be cut out by hand, sanded, primed and painted.

With the Spandrels and Post Brackets installed, the Victorian look is beginning to return

The beams in the porch ceiling were all restructured to allow 3/4 plywood to be properly hung.  This provides a consistent, sturdy surface to mount the new beadboard

We use a very special process to finish the wood that gives an aged, almost fine crackle appearance to the finish.

The ceiling looks like it was always there.

Meanwhile, back at the shop, we have began sanding the sawn balusters in preparation for paint.  This design was chosen because of the Quatrefoils that again match the original architecture of the house.

The railings are installed with hidden Railing Studs

Finally the lower rails and Balusters are installed.

This and the following pictures are of the completed porch