A wood porch floor can rot and deteriorate over time due to exposure to the elements.
Replacing porch floor.
Damaged joists are more difficult to replace than flooring so flooring damage should be fixed promptly.
Add a ledger strip next to the house to allow the porch floor to be nailed to.
Use that measurement to cut if necessary the new porch column.
Replacing rotten porch flooring with new flooring.
Replace a porch column by measuring and marking new column for cutting make sure you mimic your existing porch columns in design.
When replacing a porch floor be sure to use pressure treated pine or other rot resistant wood for both the joists and flooring.
Porch flooring is exposed to the elements so over time even the most durable types will become damaged.
The flooring may begin to rot which can cause major damage to the porch if the rot spreads to the joists.
Make sure the porch floor has a slight slope to it between 1 8 and per linear foot for tongue and groove floors.
When repairing or replacing rotten wood on a porch be sure to use rot resistant materials such as treated wood redwood cypress cedar composite or plastic.
For this repair project we milled interlocking tongue and groove boards from treated lumber to replace the original rotted porch boards.
The result is a stylish porch surface resembling slate at a fraction of the cost.
Measure the distance from the top of the column to the porch floor.
Add 2x4 blocking for the porch floor to rest upon image 2.
If the porch is deeper than 8 use a slope closer to 1 8 per foot to avoid a pronounced slant if the porch floor isn t tongue and groove allow at least between new or replacement boards as you lay them to.
Since porch flooring and railings are exposed to the elements it has a tendency to rot over time.
I decided to replace the entire side of porch flooring with the exception of a roughly 4 ft.