Sidetracked

A little side tracked today. We discovered there was some rot where the front stoop met the house but when we pulled the siding off, it was a little more than we expected. The reason it was there was because the stoop was draining toward the house instead of away. The only solution was to remove the stoop and repair the porch walls. We had the local excavator come and haul it away. It will be re-poured sometime next week we hope. While we were all torn apart, we decided to shore up and insulate the porch floor. That is what the guys are doing here. They did not quite finish so the porch is covered for the weekend. Our goal is to turn the porch into more of a three season room, usable expect during extreme temperatures. We will not be running HVAC to it though since the HVAC man said it was very costly to go through the original foundation but the electrician will be here tomorrow to add more outlets out there. The windows are here but won't go in until the repair work is done. More next week...