Wooden Beam Front Porch

Attach a short 2 x 6 board to the end of a 4 x 4 post.

Wooden beam front porch.

Position a jack directly under the porch beam next to the column. You can hit the wood with. When you want the porch beams to look old and used even if they are brand new you can distress the wood. Most commonly it is done before the wood is painted or stained.

Position the post and use the jack to raise the porch beam slightly until the old column can be removed. After working on my porch floor for several very long days without a break if you missed it you can click here to see my porch floor project where i built a wood porch over an existing concrete porch matt insisted that i take a day off to recuperate. For a porch roof the beam needs to be sized according to the maximum snow loads in your area and you must know enough about the porch design to determine how the load will be distributed and over what distance the beam will carry the load. Front porch columns and porch posts are commonly made from wood fiberglass vinyl aluminum stone or other materials.

No matter what the measurements of your design project or the style you re looking to achieve there s a front porch beam in our online store that will suit your needs. I definitely needed it but at the same time i was chomping at the bit all day tuesday to go out and wrap the front porch posts. Measure from the porch beam to the jack and cut the 4 4 to just under this length. This porch looks like one from the ancient times with antique decorative pieces a funky porch swing and wooden floors with a designed portion in front of the entrance door.

For assistance or to purchase a timber porch kit call 919 693 8995. In fact you can use almost any material for porch columns as long as they meet load bearing requirements.