Cleaning out the Porch

We need to clean out the front porch for a number of reasons. It is getting late in the season, and we do not want our paint and supplies to freeze over winter, we are at the point that we can start to take some tools and materials home, and we are anticipating guests over the Labor Day Holiday. We are planning on setting up the futon in the porch as soon as it is complete.

Once the items are removed from the area, CMV and AMV are going to paint the walls and ceiling. Our plan is to install a wooden floor that can be removed in sections if the need arises. I am unsure how dry the area stays in the winter. It has been a bare concrete floor for so long, that I don't know how the elements will treat the wood. We are going to use a pine plank and then paint it to resemble an old porch floor.



The only picture I have is of the porch almost cleaned out. You can see the futon frame and some trim against the wall.

On the Level

We have some problems with the floors. The problem comes to light when we try to lay the tile floor. The kitchen floor has several spots where the tiles pop up, or the grout cracks out as someone walks on the floor. The hallway is giving us the same fits.

There is not a spot in this house that is level. The tiles do not lay flat, and this is the main cause of them popping up. I bought 3 50 pound bags of self-leveling floor cement. It was our hope that we could pour the mixture and end up with a floor that could be tiled.

The floor had a high spot close to the middle, and it ran higher on the left side. We poured two bags of the cement and got the floor to about the highest point that we could. We did not want to get to the point of stepping down into the bedrooms.



The floor is a lot closer to level, but not quite there. We will attempt to lay the tile soon.