Step by Step Images of Our New Room Needing space for our family, we elected to close in our screened porch and expand slightly. These are photos as it comes together.

Pre Construction Pre Construction 2 Pre Construction 3 Pre construction 4 Screen porch is gone Screen porch is gone What was in our steps-I thought they were solid concrete! Another shot of the steps Back Porch ready for building. The old screen porch leaves Hannah with our trenches. Deep holes Lori and Hannah looking in. Trenches for the foundation Trenches for the foundation 2 It looks like World War 1 back here! Trenches for the foundation 3 Trenches for the foundation 4 Trenches for the Deck Footers Red dirt Red Dirt trench Holes Footers poured! Footers poured 2 Footers poured3 Footers poured 4 What a mess. Framing to pour a foundation. Couldn't get blocklayers. 2) Framing to pour a foundation. 3) Framing to pour a foundation. 4) Framing to pour a foundation. 5) Framing to pour a foundation. 6) Framing to pour a foundation. 7) Framing to pour a foundation. 8) Framing to pour a foundation. 9) Framing to pour a foundation. Foundation poured 2) Foundation poured 3) Foundation poured 4) Foundation poured Foundation Revealed Foundation revealed 2 Foundation Revealed 3 Foundation Revealed 4 Construction begins in earnest Measuring and leveling. Just about ready Floor joists Floor joists 2 Floor joists 3 Sub Floor goes in Sub Floor Sub Floor Blake and Eddie wrestling with trimwork Blake and Eddie wrestling with trimwork 2 End of a very cold day-27° ready for more The beam that must be replaced. These pics taken for engineers. The beam that must be replaced. These pics taken for engineers. 2 The beam that must be replaced. These pics taken for engineers. 3 The beam that must be replaced. These pics taken for engineers. 4 We are a construction site! Framing begins with a rise in temperature Lori in the room which is beginning to look like a room framing framing 2 Lucky likes the new space Thank God for forgiving neighbors! Construction materials Rear window framing more framing A new skin goes on A new skin goes on 2 A new skin goes on 3 100_2636 Inside the new box Inside the new box 2 Inside the new box 3 Holes! Holes covered over the former kitchen/back door Access to the new room another view Jimmy loves this new doorway floorjoists steelbeam to support the back of the house without a column steelbeam2 rooftruss1 rooftruss2 rooftruss3 windows1 windows2 windows3 windows4 deck frame deck framed on house back porch area ceiling trusses deck flooring goes on