Inching Along. With Excitement.
Yesterday.
I removed the porch railing many months ago and it has taken some effort getting it restored.
But I have been breathless about its return.
Well, today I was able to reinstall it. Sorta kinda.
Wanna see sorta kinda? Scroll way down…
SQUEE!!!!!!!!
Painting the spindles is incredibly tedious so I only got a bit less than half done. But…tomorrow I may be able to finish. I hope! I pray!
When the railing is done, the lattice is next. And I am livin’ for that!
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Ymmy! It’s the whipped cream on the cake!
I think it’s safe to say that this is really whetting our appetite.
Absolutely love the progress updates. Thank you for sharing such an amazing house with us with so many pictures along the way!
Wow. So happy to see the railing up and the spindles on! Almost as much as I was happy to see the red paint gone.
So happy to see these updates!! PK is right! Icing on the cake!!
It’s looking fabulous!
I’m sure your S.W. paint store has airless sprayers to rent, and if they don’t, your local tool rental place will. Spraying the spindles would do a much better job in a fraction of the time.
How tall is the railing Ross. Amazed at how low it is. I’m re-doing my porch but must meet code 36″.
The railing is low. Which is normal for 19th-century rails.
Because my house is on the National Register, the city exempts it from certain codes.
Do you agree with the codes or regulations as far as it comes to historic preservation or do you think it is over powering.
Many jurisdictions allow historically-correct railing heights to be grandfathered on historic homes regardless of registration status. The IRC doesn’t even require guardrails on decks or porches less than 30″ above surrounding grade.
Most modern-height rails, even when built with historic profiles look wrong on historic houses. If the regulations and inspectors strictly require a 36″ tall rail, a historic-height ballustrade with supplemented less-visible pipe rail at 36″ is another possibility (painted the siding color or something else to blend in).
I have seen cable used as well. In fact “This Old House” featured one last year I think.
Living for lattice…. 🙂