How to Fix a Damaged Porch on a 100-Year-Old House

Our home is over 100 years old and has the wear and tear to prove it! We've been updating it for 18 years now - mostly on the inside. This summer we worked a bit on some outside projects, and this porch makeover made such a huge difference in the appearance of the house. The sagging roof, old shingles and crooked, broken concrete were such an eyesore. When the hard winter caused the concrete to crack completely in half and become unstable it escalated to a safety issue and it was time to make a remodel a priority.

Almost didn't get a before - my husband had already added the prop here so he could jack the porch roof up and make it straight again.





When the freezing and thawing caused the concrete to crack all the way across the one side would move when stepped on - not safe anymore!





The years of eroding away beneath the porch caused the instability when the concrete cracked in two.





Old concrete was completely removed and hauled away.
The straight, new porch makes a huge difference and we all love the wrap around step! Come over to the blog for more details and the after - including a side-by-side before and after!






Original article and pictures take http://www.hometalk.com/9623556/porch-remodel site