Demolishing Anachronistic Features of a House

Sometimes in our line of work, we come across architectural features that aren't original to the structure or are added, but don't fit in with the historic character of the house. In these cases a little demo is required before rebuilding.

We restored the Hilary Baker House in Church Hill a couple of years back and this is one area that the client couldn't address at the time. Two years later, we are finally getting to remove this anachronistic porch. What we now see as the front of the house was actually the back of the house in 1819 when this house was built. At this point this would have been the only house on a large lot. Over the years, development of the neighborhood by filling in portioned lots with row-houses has turned this around.

We will be putting in a period-appropriate stone porch here in the near future.

Back Porch Stairs in Church Hill

This small project involves replacing some very rotted stairs on a back porch with new Azek Treads and risers. Our Master Carpenter, Sydney Jordan-Cooley is building these. We're using 4 2x12 stringers.

The columns are 6x6 made of 4 2x6's. We took this approach because a solid pressure treated 4x4 would move more and warp quicker.

We are also replacing the old decking with brand new, durable, long-lasting AZEK decking.