Port Huron Area Carport & Shed

Here is a project we completed a few weeks ago.

Here is the design , this was basically a 16 x 30 aluminum carport

with a 10 x10 shed and 6' wind wall.

Before Picture

We have worked on manufactured houses for many years, so even through we have shifted are focus away from manufactured housing repairs we still do work on manufactured homes from time to time. This project was in The Lakes manufactured community in Kimball Township MI. The Lakes is the nicest manufactured home community in this part of Michigan.

The carport is all aluminum construction with 3x3 posts, 2x5 beams,

and 032. gauge box pan awning, with snow beams above.

The shed is typical 2x4 construction

The posts have 8" x 42" pier footings for the foundation. The carport is attached to the house with a 2x6 header - ledger lock bolted to the house studs. We pulled the siding off to do this and we double flashed the header with peal and stick tape and aluminum flashing.

The gutter system is built into the carport

The carport makes for a nice snowand rain cover and wind break.

The aluminum carport material can be used over patios for shade, and weather conditions

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

Thank You

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

Thank You