Building Moxie

MAY 21, 2014

Regardless, and as I head into a series of posts on my own house, it seems like the projects I have been doing, and those that I know I have coming up, are a direct result of and because I live in, well, a really old house. Jacking Up a Porch Roof at a SideWall. And anyways, here’s the how.

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Building Moxie

MAY 30, 2014

Okay, so I jacked up my porch roof and it was time to replace the roof flashing which I removed. I mean – in my experience, and in a lot of cases, it’s the flashing and not the roof that is actually to blame for most leaky roofs. What I Did :: Replacing Roof Flashing.

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Building Moxie

JUNE 6, 2014

*. Okay, for the final two bits of my “Raise the Roof,” front porch project and series, I installed my last remaining length of half round gutter and I re-installed my ceiling-mounted light fixture. With it, I had to also redo the roof flashing at the house. I mean – what was another year with no gutter here?

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Stagetecture

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

These homes usually cost much less than a renovated or new house, and once the place is fixed up, homeowners can enjoy immediate equity. If you don’t have much experience with fixing up homes, there’s a chance you could overlook something so significant that it either blows your budget or makes the home unfixable.

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Stagetecture

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

These homes usually cost much less than a renovated or new house, and once the place is fixed up, homeowners can enjoy immediate equity. If you don’t have much experience with fixing up homes, there’s a chance you could overlook something so significant that it either blows your budget or makes the home unfixable.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Continuing through the dog trot, you pass out to the continuous screened front porch that overlooks pastures, barns and an ornamental lake. Lyday Farms Site Plan (click to enlarge) The main house (legend keys 1 through 6 above) is actually two buildings divided by the dog trot and connected under one continuous roof.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

JUNE 17, 2014

Technologically speaking an older home is usually filled with ancient methods of plumbing, wiring, heating, windows, roofing and insulating properties. Wide-plank wood floors, solid wood craftsman doors, wrap around front porches … the list of reasons to love an elderly home could go on forever. Collect this idea.

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