andy the pm
11th Aug 2010, 09:43 AM
Hi all,
I'm about to start repairing/rebuilding my verandah. The main problem is that all the 125x125mm posts have rot at the bottom where they sit on the deck. I'm guessing the main reason is they had trim around them which allowed water to run down and sit under and around the post. The trim was amazing, basically just a paint shell! The verandah (particularly the right side in the pic) is exposed to the weather and I want to prevent this happening again (even though its taken around 60 years to happen). Obviously leaving off the trim will help but I still dont like the idea of the post just sitting on the deck.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm going to knock out all the concrete and build new brick piers to support it all and I was thinking of running the posts down to the new pier and then leaving a gap around the post for water to drain when I lay the new decking (if that makes sense). Also the verandah slopes towards the house at the moment which probably doesn't help things, whick I'll fix when I do the new piers.
Andy
I'm about to start repairing/rebuilding my verandah. The main problem is that all the 125x125mm posts have rot at the bottom where they sit on the deck. I'm guessing the main reason is they had trim around them which allowed water to run down and sit under and around the post. The trim was amazing, basically just a paint shell! The verandah (particularly the right side in the pic) is exposed to the weather and I want to prevent this happening again (even though its taken around 60 years to happen). Obviously leaving off the trim will help but I still dont like the idea of the post just sitting on the deck.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm going to knock out all the concrete and build new brick piers to support it all and I was thinking of running the posts down to the new pier and then leaving a gap around the post for water to drain when I lay the new decking (if that makes sense). Also the verandah slopes towards the house at the moment which probably doesn't help things, whick I'll fix when I do the new piers.
Andy