- Chapter 1. An Overview
- Chapter 2. The Porch and Its Components
- Chapter 3. Designing Your Porch
- Chapter 4. Ordering Materials
- Index
Index
- accent color
- adjoining buildings
- ancestry of porch
- ancestry of porches
- appliques
- architect
- architectural porch types
- authentic porch design
- available free quote
- ball & dowel spandrel
- ball & spindle spandrel
- baluster notching
- balusters
- balustrade
- beaded ceiling board
- beaded rail
- beam
- belt course brackets
- blocking
- blocking for floor joists
- bottom rail
- brackets
- budget considerations
- building codes
- building designer
- cap rail
- cardboard “dummies”
- catalogue
- ceiling
- ceiling joist
- ceiling joists
- channel
- channel in handrail
- collonades
- concrete
- concrete beams
- concrete foundation
- concrete pad
- concrete slab
- contractors
- cookbook approach
- cookie cutter spandrel
- corbels
- cost-effectiveness
- cost-effectiveness by product number
- cost-effectiveness byspecific product usage
- cost-effectiveness of gingerbread
- creating your own examples of porches
- custom work
- cut out spandrel
- decisions
- decisions in planning porch
- deck
- deck of porch
- decorative components
- definition of porch
- depth of porch
- design
- dollar stretching
- drainage of water
- drawing of plan
- drawing of porch plan
- drawing plans
- drop piece
- dummies
- dummies of cardboard
- eave brackets
- eave decoration
- elevations
- elevations of porch
- English porches
- entrance steps
- examples of porches
- existing conditions
- existing porches
- fan brackets
- fan spandrel
- fascia board
- floor
- floor beam
- floor girder
- floor joist
- floor plan
- footing
- formula
- formula for baluster spacing
- foundation
- foundation piers
- free quote
- fret brackets
- fretwork spandrel
- frost heave
- frozen ground
- fun
- furnishing of porches
- furnishings
- furnishings for porch
- gallery rails
- gap rail
- gifts
- gifts of gingerbread
- girder
- golden age
- Golden Age of Porches
- graph paper
- graph paper for planning
- Greek porches
- half posts
- handrail
- handrail assembly
- handrail channel
- headroom
- High Victorian Style
- hipped roof
- history of porches
- Indian porches
- initial considerations
- installation manual
- integral spandrel
- interior uses
- investment
- investment in your porch
- Italian porches
- joist
- joist blocking
- joist hangers
- kaleidoscope
- L shaped porch
- laminated beam
- lath
- ledger board
- lemonade
- length
- length of porch
- line of roof
- loggias
- love
- lumber
- Magnificent Porches Manual
- masonry floors
- medallions
- moderate approach
- moderate approach to design
- moisture damage
- mounting kit
- mounting plates
- neighborly service
- Netherlands
- newel mounting kit
- newel post
- newel posts
- notching
- notching of balusters
- old-timers
- on center spacing
- origins of the porch
- overhang
- overhang of eave
- overhang of roof
- paint
- pairs
- pairs of belt course brackets
- parameters
- perspective drawing
- photo journal
- piazzas
- pier and beam foundation
- piers
- pin-striping
- pitch
- pitch of roof
- plan
- platform of the porch
- ploywood
- porch appliques
- porch architectural types
- porch balusters
- porch balustrade
- porch basic rectangular shape
- porch beaded rail
- porch beam
- porch belt course brackets
- porch bottom rail
- porch brackets
- porch ceiling
- porch ceiling joist
- porch curved sections
- porch deck paint
- porch decorative components
- porch definition
- porch eave
- porch eave decoration
- porch elevations
- porch entrance extension
- porch entrance gable
- porch fascia board
- porch floor
- porch floor boards
- porch floor cracks
- porch floor framing
- porch floor joist
- porch floor masonry
- porch floor slope
- porch floor wood
- porch floors
- porch foundation
- porch gazebo section
- porch half posts
- porch handrail
- porch inset style
- porch joist
- porch ledgers
- porch medallions
- porch newel post
- porch origins
- porch plan
- porch post face brackets
- porch posts
- porch rafters
- porch remodeling
- porch ribbon boards
- porch roof pitch
- porch roof slope
- porch running trim
- porch sawn balusters
- porch sloped-top bottom rail
- porch soffit
- porch spandrel
- porch steps
- porch structural compoennts
- porch subrail
- porch third dimension
- porch transitional space
- porch within the home
- post face brackets
- post mounting plates
- post top items
- posts
- posts mounting plates
- pressure treated lumber
- product listing
- product number cross reference
- Queen Anne Style
- quick reference checklist
- quote
- rafter tails
- rafters
- rails
- rear porch
- rectangular porch
- reminders
- remodeling
- ribbon boards
- Roman porches
- roof
- roof decking
- roof lath
- roof pitch
- roof slope
- running trim
- running trim as applique
- sawn balusters
- shrubbery around porch
- side elevations
- side porch silicon caulk
- sketch of porch
- slope
- slope of roof
- sloped-top bottom rail
- snow load
- soffit
- soggy bottom rot
- spacing
- spacing of balusters
- spacing of belt course brackets
- spacing of posts
- spandrel
- spandrel integral with balustrade
- specific usage cross reference
- spindle spandrel
- split posts
- spool spandrel
- steel
- steel joist hangers
- steel reinforcement
- steps
- stoops
- structural beam
- structural components
- structural engineer
- structural integrity
- style of roof
- subrail
- third dimension
- three dimensional drawings
- top rail
- top rail for running trims
- traditional spandrel
- transitional space
- turned balusters
- turned porch posts
- two story porch
- two-dimensional drawings
- two-story porch
- two-volume set of books
- usage
- usage of porch
- verandas
- vestibules
- Victorian period
- Victorian porch
- Victorian Queen Anne Style
- Vintage Wood Works
- Vintage Wood Works catalogue
- wall posts
- water drainage
- water repellant treatment
- wood floors
- wrap-around shape porch
Source Citation
Tatsch, J. Gregory. Porch Design. Quinlan, TX: A Vintage Wood Works Book, 1994
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