" So this front porch is gonna be 6 x 12?"

" 6 x 12, that's correct."

" Okay, what have you done so far?"

" So far, we've got the footings in the grounds."

" Uh-hmm."

" 3 foot deep in poured concrete."

" Into one of these cardboard forms?"

" That's right. [unk]."

" Yeah. Got a 4 x 6 pressure-treated beam."

" Alright."

" It sat on top of that."

" And of course it lagged right through and the lag got set in the concrete."

" That's right."

" So that's the main beam on this side. Then what's happening up against the house here?"

" Over here, I'm putting on this freeze blocks, which I will attach the blocks to."

" The blocks is the actual frame for the deck?"

" That's correct. Yeah."

" Now, let me ask you a question. Why are we attaching the frame right onto the sidewall of the house? Why not have more so on the tubes over here and keep the whole thing independent of the house?"

" On this porch, we have a roof overhead. So we don't have to be that concerned with the buildup of ice or snow in here."

" Okay."

" And that's what you would do that for."

" Okay. So if you're building an outside deck, it's good to keep it separate,"

" Yes."

" but here, it's quicker to do it this way?"

" It sure is."

" Alright, so what's the next thing that we have to do here?"

" Well in the next days, I'm ready for the blocks on this side here. It's already been cut."

" Okay."

" We'll put it right in place."

" So when you say the box, it's essentially the 4 pieces of 2 x 8, which when they're all put together, create a square frame and you've already pre-drilled."

" These have been pre-drilled. [unk]"

" And then just put in 38 x 6 inch lag bolts, galvanized lag bolts."

" Uh-hmm."

" That should be here."

" Oops, I gotta go up. Here we go."

" More like it?"

" Like that."

" Okay?"

" Yeah, it looks good."

" Okay."

" Okay, that's the toughest part of the job. Getting these two sections of the box."

" lagged onto the house and the rest of it, we just nailed in place, right?"

" That's it."

" [unk] that's gonna come to me a bit."

" Let me get a hammer."

" Good, good."

" Good."

" Okay, with the four parts of the box nailed together and this girt bolted down, I guess we're ready to put our joist in place, right?"

" Should be."

" We've got--"

" These are crown side up?"

" Yeah, I already checked them."

" And we're gonna nail these with just a short nail because it's easier to hammer them that way."

" Alright, now that we're ready to start working on the decking, we're using 1 x 4 vertical grain fir,"

" Right."

" which is a real traditional porch floor material, and what are we using to nail it down?"

" We're gonna put it down with some galvanized 6-penny finish nails."

" Now, isn't that an awfully small nail? "

" Yeah, it is. But this is a very dry wood. If we were to [unk], we will have a tendency to split it."

" We don't want to do that."

" And what about spacing between the boards?"

" We'll just use the same nail. Just bring it right in there. That will allow in the moisture [unk]."

" And I guess the next thing to talk about is our post, which of course are salvaged from the little camp at the other side."

" Yeah."

" And they look like they're old heavy yellow pine."

" It sure is."

" And what do we have to do to them?"

" We just [unk] trim up the top and the bottom so we can get the proper length that we need from."

" And you took one of them and ripped it in half, I understand?"

" Yeah, they did that up at the lumberyard for us, which is convenient."

" Uh-hmm."

" And we just attached it to the corner of the house."

" It becomes a pilaster."

" Yeah."

" So now, we're ready to bring this one and put it up in place?"

" Sure are."

" Any [unk]"

" No."

" Alright."

" Okay."

" Where does it go?"

" You're gonna hold it right only here."

" And this is gonna actually sit right on top of the fir because we're right over the structure."

" That's right. Right over there."

" Below it."

" Now, we're gonna plum up this corner post."

" That's right."

" And we'll just use some strapping temporarily."

" Okay."

" Okay. How does that look?"

" Hold it, hold it just a minute."

" That's good."

" Right there?"

" Yeah."

" And now, we'll take a 6 x 6 and put it up on top."

" [unk]"

" And that looks good. I like it."

" Got it."

" Pretty lines."

" Not bad. Like it."