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Making an Old Porch Look New

Professional Deck Builder

January/February 2010
by Mark Clement
To maximize your profi ts, plan for surprises and use the right tools and materials.

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Making an Old Porch Look New To maximize your profits, plan for surprises and use the right tools and materials by Mark Clement Where I live, there's a vein of old houses whose porches have become a mainstay of my business. They're challenging, and not just because every porch is different - hugely different in some cases - but also because the skills required to work on them are so different from the skills used to build decks. Sometimes I'm ripping tapers into 8 miles of sleepers so I can level a slab to receive a wood floor. Other times,

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