You don’t have to beef up your whole house. You can add back band to one room or a few rooms. It’s your choice. I added it to the kitchen when I was renovating it. Our living room had existing beefed up moulding, so it seemed only natural to continue it into the adjoining kitchen.
How to beef up porch posts?
Apply wood preservative to the bottom of 2x3s. Square up porch posts. Beef up the bottom portion of your front porch columns. Add siding to each side of porch posts on the bottom portion. Add trim to all corners, top and bottom of the porch pillars. Add top platform. Repeat column wrap steps on the top portion of the porch posts.
Beef up the bottom portion of your front porch columns. For the design of our porch posts, we wanted the bottom part to be larger than the top. This is purely stylistic and, in my opinion, looks better because it adds a bit of visual interest. That’s the whole point of this porch post makeover, right?
Once the porch posts were squared up, they measured approximately 6×6 inches. Remember….be sure the wood is pulled up at least 1/4″ from the ground before attaching. Beef up the bottom portion of your front porch columns. For the design of our porch posts, we wanted the bottom part to be larger than the top.
Why buy beef from a rancher?
When you buy beef from a local rancher you will fill out a beef cut sheet for the processor to let them know how you want your beef cut and packaged. Knowing you have healthy humanely-raised beef waiting in your freezer will give you food security and peace of mind.
The process of buying a half or whole beef can seem uncertain at first, but after the first year you will be a pro. When you buy beef from a local rancher you will fill out a beef cut sheet for the processor to let them know how you want your beef cut and packaged.
How do you wrap a 4×4 post porch?
Also note that I am wrapping 4×4 wooden posts. The sides to wrap first are the left and right sides of the post when you are facing the porch. These sides will have the 4″ trim boards; the front and back will have the 6″ boards. Measure the post ( from concrete to top of post) and subtract 1/2″-1″ for a gap.
You should be wondering “Which side of the porch do you Wrap first?”
One source stated the sides to wrap first are the left and right sides of the post when you are facing the porch. These sides will have the 4″ trim boards; the front and back will have the 6″ boards. Measure the post ( from concrete to top of post) and subtract 1/2″-1″ for a gap.