Repairing Tongue & Groove Porch Flooring

[@elizabethjones9440]

Beautiful result that should really last. The original builder would definitely be impressed and be honored by your work.

[@TheCraftsmanBlog]

Thanks!

[@andrewlewis5251]

Greetings. I am a young man in Florida with a porch that looks JUST like yours. not just the rot, but the color and style is almost exact. House is over 100 years old and never had much work, so the entire porch was caved. I replaced all of the framing so far, and was trying to figure out what the boards with the notch and tab where called. I learned here They are tongue and grove boards. Thank you!

[@meganmahaffey5421]

This helps so much! We just bought a 1400 sq foot house (1890) it has so much character but the house is lightly leans to one side because of settling over time. But also the porch is the same is yours. And it needs to be replaced and fixed. I’m worried if I start digging in I will run into problems I won’t be able to fix myself lol.

[@christinasmith9032]

Thanks so much! Hah, yes, isn't it neat to see what's under there. I'm a fan of old pine too. m My porch isn't as bad as yours so I appreciate the tip on the wood epoxy.

[@cheeseburger9232]

Thanks for the video

[@gethighPV]

Would you please provide more details on your lumber and source? My local lumber yards don’t seem to have it.

[@SupertGTR]

If you live in the Midwest, Menards carries a variety 1x4 tongue and groove porch boards.

[@robertbrost7777]

My daughter's porch decking needs replacing. The house is a 1916 home. She has 1" X 3" x 10 foot boards, so she says. I can only find boards that dimension in 8 foot lengths. Do 10 foot boards in those dimensions exist? I'm hoping they don't find rot like that underneath but, I'm weary. Thanks for the tips!

[@brendacaldwell3297]

What about the seams that are open? What should those be filled with because won't they take in water and rot??

[@anthonyjarvis8491]

I feel like I’m looking at my same porch (1906) with the same heart pine. Not sure if the bora care will prevent the same thing from happening b/c the part of the porch that doesn’t get direct sun or exposure to moisture does just fine. The T&G just can’t handle the expansion & contraction of sun & water. I feel like the only answer is to use an awning off the porch facade or to use a substrate more expansion/contraction tolerance such as Trex. Looks so fantastic when fresh and new..then the battle eventually repeats itself!!

[@AnnaScheetz-v3t]

Question! We are about to do this to our wood porch. The tongue and groove lumber we got, says to prime and paint all surfaces of the board before install. I noticed you did not do this. I thought since they are tongue and groove, the primer and paint would build up and not allow the pieces to fit together. What are your thoughts on this since you have first hand experience with a tongue and groove porch

[@icyrene1]

Awesome results, what gauge nail gun was that ,? thanks

[@airmanx8419]

Did you reuse the railing? I have to do this very thing next summer, plus the beadboard pouch ceiling.

[@lilsully1378]

I have a house that was built in 1915. And my porch is exactly like this one. What porch boards did you use to replace all the old ones? Thank You and it looks great!

[@Jdww89]

What size milwaukee gun are you using? My house built in nineteen twenty has the nails on the face they're not hidden. Have a framing gun,but I'm wondering if a finishing gun for the hidden nails needs to be used.

[@Manowar482]

I needed this video thank you

[@CIA.U.S.A]

Thank you so much for the great video 🫡

[@spiritof7686]

Nice job man, thanks for the info

[@isadean]

I have the same problem on my 1909 porch. The decking was replaced in 2003 when I purchased the house and the edge started rotting I want to say within 10-15 years. At the time of replacement they took the columns out and then put them back as part of the process, but you didn't do that - are you worried about rot under the columns? What made you decide to do a full tear out? I saw at the beginning, the decking was in sections. Did you consider other decking products instead of wood? Do you think the wood treatment you did will be enough?

[@tad1056]

What did you do when you went around the pillars?

[@jordanmorales8610]

What type of nails did you use?

[@leestebbins5051]

Is tongue and groove decking only aesthetic? Obviously sheds water better than spacing between boards but there’s a downside to air movement, i.e. drying?

[@TheCraftsmanBlog]

Not just aesthetic. The T&G helps ties everything together so the decking moves together and you get a floor without gaps.

[@lajohnson1ly]

Boracare: underside only?

[@TheCraftsmanBlog]

Both sides.

[@_papad8434]

The first thing I did was replace old k style gutters with LeafGuard gutters on my porch.

[@shadrickfarms2839]

You need some termite caps on those piers

[@oldmate9747]

What about the beams under all that rot? surely the beams have rotted as well

[@debluetailfly]

the house may be old, but those joists on the porch are not very old. The Old House Journal published a article quite a few years back that showed how to build a porch to make it last.

[@TheCraftsmanBlog]

I’m not sure what you’re claiming but those joists in the older section are from 1918 without a doubt.

[@debluetailfly]

​@@TheCraftsmanBlog I'm just telling you the porch has been rebuilt in more recent years. Yeah, some of the joists you show later in the video are original, but everything I see in the first part of the video shows light colored, shiny 2xs that have been been planed to 1 ½". The old joists are dark colored and rough sawn full dimension lumber as was used in that time period. When they started planing framing lumber, it was at first sold in 1 ⁵⁄₈" thicknessess, then reduced to 1 ½. Some of the tongue and groove may be original, but you can where new pieces were patched in. I am glad to see you rebuild with the original look. Most people end up pouring concrete, or rebuilding with modern deck materials which are totally out of character with old architecture.

[@dax3605]

"Promo SM" 😪

[@wmcrosbyesq]

Almost nothing about replacing boards and all about an advertisemnt for a product.

[@geraldwenn9698]

It all comes down to the crap soft pine timber you use.Never use it It's cheap and nasty.

[@pjchmiel]

Misleading title and thumbnail, you're not repairing anything, this is a tear-off-and-replace job. Expect better than this clickbait from you.

[@TheCraftsmanBlog]

What would you suggest other than teaching you how to treat the lumber prior to installing so as to prevent this rot in the future?

[@pjchmiel]

@@TheCraftsmanBlog I like your work and have ordered a bunch of stuff from your online store. The thumbnail and title imply something along the lines of patch repairs for the worst areas, not a wholesale removal and replacement. Perhaps you should have said "replacing" instead of "repairing."

[@Jared_Albert]

you didn't repair anything. Just tore out all the good and bad and replaed it with big box garbage thumbs down

[@danajoseph6705]

Do you check your messages?