Porch & Pergola Project

Here is a project we did about month ago.

This was a screened - in porch, a pergola and a small stamped concrete patio

Here is the design, it shows a trellis that we did not end up doing

6x6 posts set and deck frame started

A different view of the framing for the porch floor, and the crushed limestone base for the stamped concrete

Basic shell of the porch up, and getting ready for the finish details

Stamped concrete - standard concrete with no color,

and black release ashlar slate stamp with brick border

Pine tongue and groove bead board ceiling

Pine tongue and groove porch floor, 2 ft. cedar knee walls

Screens with cedar stops, the cedar knee walls have cedar 2x4 top and bottom rails

with tongue and groove cedar siding

Treated pine pergola, with 6x6 posts, 2x8 beams,

2x6 rafters, and 2x2 stringers

Outside view of the porch

Clear pine screen door with full screen

View looking out of the porch

Outside view

Side view of the pergola and the entrance to the porch

New Baltimore Pergola

Here is some pictures of a Pergola we built for the New Baltimore Lumber Jack, lumber yard

It is for a display idea, Pergolas have been popular lately with homeowners, landscapers and deck builders.

Pergolas add a nice detail to a patio or deck and can be constructed to add shade to a sunny outdoor living area. They also can be a nice support for a flowering vine.

Sorry the day we built this it was a little foggy - some of the pictures are not the best

The top of Pergola is natural stained cedar wood.

2x8 beams, 2x6 rafters, and 1x2 stringers.

The supports are treated 4x4s, covered with 8" round composite columns

You can take a look at this Pergola at the Lumber Jack building center in New Baltimore MI

at the corner of 23 mile rd. and Jefferson

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Dock in Harrison Twp. MI

Here is a project we did about month ago. The homeowner tore out the original dock and we came in to replace it. The original dock was rotted and heaving up from the frost. We augured new 18" x 42" post hole footings dropped a cement cookie base for the support post and back filled the 4x4s. The dock is a 100' long and 7' width through most of the dock with couple of flair outs at each end. The original decking was running the opposite way we installed the new deck boards, which made a nice design feature with a center seam board every 12'. Running the decking this way also looked better from the view of the house by not seeing the seams of the deck boards butting up to each other. This is the standard way most deck boards run parallel to the long side of the home.

Posts set and working on the framing The outside of the dock is supported by the new post hole footings

and the 4x4s, the inside of the deck is built on top of the steel break wall

Here you can see the 12' sections with the seam boards running the opposite way

All the decking was screwed down with 3" exterior screws

The dock is all select cut treated pine- 2x6 framing and 2x6 decking

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Final pictures from Oakland Township Twin Lakes Golf course deck job

Here is some final pictures of the deck we built at Twin Lakes golf sub. The deck is composite, with Fiberon horizon tropics in the rosewood color with a triple picture frame border. The center border course in picture frame border is Correct Deck CX in pebble color. The railings are DCL from Correct Deck CX in pebble color with Deckorators square estate balusters and deckorators baskets in bronze color. The railing post caps are from De-kor (little rondi) and they have low voltage lighting in them and there is De-kor millennium stair riser low voltage lights.

The De-kor little rondi post cap in antique bronze

The step treads are picture framed with the Fiberon horizon tropics rosewood with a Correct Deck cx pebble board in the inside . You can also see the De-kor Millennium riser lights

Triple picture frame border with the main deck boards running on a 45 degree angle

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Oakland Township MI Composite Deck

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Here is our latest project... A 400 sq. ft. composite deck on Twin Lakes golf course.

We are excited to build this deck, because we are using a brand new composite product by Fiberon called Horizon Tropics in the color rosewood. The rosewood color looks alot like the beautiful tropical hardwood Ipe. We also are using some very nice features we will get into as we progress.

Here is a before picture of the house

Here is the design

The decking is running on a 45 degree angle with triple picture frame border. The middle board of the triple picture frame border is Correct Deck CX pebble color which is also the color of the railings. The balusters are from Deckorators and are square with a diamond pattern baskets per each section, they are in a bronze color. The post caps are antique bronze Little Rondi's from Dekor and they are lighted.

Here is a couple of pictures of the framing

Here we just finished running the decking

Here you can see the two different composite boards that make up the triple picture frame border. The Middle pebble color board is the same color as the railings which we are trying to tie the railing and decking color in together with the trim and brick colors of the house

Here we have just install the rail posts and the blocking for the borders

Here is some pictures of where we are at now, we have just the steps to go and we are waiting for the landscaping/brick paving to be completed so we can finish the steps

We should be finished up next week so we should have the finished pictures coming soon

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Here is our latest project.. Two front porch replacements. The existing porches were just standard concrete with one pre-cast step down to a sidewalk. The rise on the single step was eight or nine inches, which was very hard to use for the homeowners being senior citizen's. So they wanted the front porches replaced and they wanted 2 steps with smaller rises.

On the first porch we tore out the existing concrete and replaced the concrete with standard concrete, black release and stamped the porch with a slate pattern and brick border

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We also stained the concrete with a acid stain, we did the brick border in a red color. On the slate pattern we tried to mimic the look of a grey slate. We used beige, green, grey and blue colors

We also added a guard rail from Timber Tech - Radiance Rail in the color Sandridge.

The Radiance rail is our favorite railing on the market

On the second porch the homeowner wanted the same thing just in a more budget approach. Their porch also had problems with the brick wall under the porch cracking and chipping off. So we tore out the cement porch and the brick wall under the slab and poured concrete for the wall under the cement porch

The stamp is random stone and it has the same brick border. The color is a dark sandstone with a dark brown release

The guard rail on this porch is Monarch Bermuda in the earth tone color

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Next we will be in Oakland Township MI on beautiful Twin Lakes Golf course building a composite deck. We are excited this will be the with the new Fiberon Horizon Tropics. Which it looks very similar as Ipe and has a 10 year fade and stain warranty!