" Paul stark and -- Henderson bought this house less than a year ago. And although they've done a lot of work on the inside there's still a long ways to go on the outside the -- tell you."

" We've been told these columns could have been made of telephone poles. But they're covered with cedar shingle which is a very unusual thing to attach to column so we're not sure why they would have put those on there and."

" In this witnessing here was poorly constructed we call this our rain catcher here. We had designed to have this window seat on the inside. So water damage -- ruin the porch. As can tell look at all the water damage here between here is -- poster listing all the Watergate Majoli down. And even the foundation. Upon copy here would be putting a balustrade on the perimeter of the roof up here."

" And that's just the beginning of it there's a lot more water damage. About two we're going to have to put a gutter system downspouts we're going to have to and you membrane on it. We've got our work cut out -- hear a lot of work."

" Today you're getting started with a lot of the dirty stuff. Terry Bates and Glen network integration contractor. Are there any real serious structural problems up here is probably if you look over here Dave -- did is they framed the hip roof. Into this pair of real shallow rafters here yeah what does one by on as a college. -- and a collar tie split and there was no I mean nothing carrying away here. In reality the only way to fix it would be to put a post right here and support this point that way. Right and I understand I don't know why they did it evidence to try to shed a little bit of the Rainwater off what is essentially a flat roof. By anyway it doesn't work obviously. And that's why we have the great thing dalliance a lot to think the whole roof down and refrain that we -- ceiling joists death coming out. The short way out of the hung -- let you finish up with the beadboard removal what we talk with Alan berry the architect."

" you are a historical architect practicing mostly in Providence breath when you know but the original architect of this house -- architect was Howard K Hilton. Yes he designed in a piece 95 had been practiced. Three years at the time. He's known tour of creative interesting and funky details this definitely qualifies in the funky category well it its interest. Because I've never seen a front porch with. These shingled columns before do you think that's something that's authentically original I don't think we're really know until we take them apart OK now what's the proposed redesign of the porch though. That would likely it plans sure let's take a look at. So the idea that is to rebuild everything including. The railing as it was but you're putting in a more traditional looking column right yes basically the style column you see all through the neighborhood well -- let's start stripping them off. Terry Bates and his helpers get started on the rest of the demolition. But the porch literally falls apart from the extensive watered them. The shingle covered telephone pole columns come down much too easily."

" And it turns out that they're not telephone poles after all. They're made of two by stock laminated together and notched at the bottom they were then covered with cedar shingles and trim. It's very likely that these are the original columns. There's a lot of rot and water damage on one side of the porch deck. And carpenter ants have taken up residence in all the moisture. And the rest of the porch deck framing is sound and will not be rebuilt. Just a little left to go and the demolition will be complete. Now that all the debris has been cleared away the mason gets started repairing the brick foundation. The base of the foundation is basically solid and Bob Buckley is re pointing and reinforcing the wall using cement and the original bricks. He's also using a tinted mortar to match the original."

" The -- understand you found these columns in the basement chosen not hit by a salvage project at the top and the bottom we just cut the cut the bottom of the column off and we had to cut. -- Walked off the top of the column because they were that Buchanan and -- Czech capital and a new base but you managed to save the column right there's a but it probably look like. Some some -- Armitage is -- off this is the better looking of the two bases the other half dozen pieces in the shop but then. Which which you got to the clean stuff that's as well and it's and it's it's more than solid yeah. Because it is structural and it's holding up this header now that you've got a cross that's made out of LVL. -- and it's -- carry the weight of the roof. That's from -- that's going to carry our rafters vertical rods yet I see that you've got. The cheek walls and gable end walls are already framed up and in place. And paying as Iran and next thing the -- to put up perhaps we have one mortified. --"

" You know this is the -- that we need discount off -- what that's gonna do. Is give us a nice flat ceiling in here and distinct and cannot give this topic to mean. Right to run them -- the water runoff and then -- ourselves through our economical wood lumber. President and all dimensional La La Barbara. From just as the Pacifica well it does LVL's in not the only evidence pilots."

" Now that the rafters are done we're ready to finish up these rail caps and not put down the seat bench. Yeah now it Kerry looks to me like this seat bench when it was going to be what was on the outside now you can't on the inside."

" That's the home about the homeowners preferred. That we bring it to the inside. A little more protected from the weather that can either sit on had to use it as a coffee table on the inside it OK so they wanted it that way right but it looks like it's the original piece they had in here this is -- hundred. This is the original bench -- yeah just flipped it over. We have reused it because earth single piece of pine this width. Would be very tough to get ready if you -- from the original that kind of confident that out we'll put it inside out and filled this side instead of filling the other. How we gonna fasten this well we'll screw this down felt good solid and then we'll fill the -- hardly. In case."

" That's a great idea to seal up the butt ends with the Zinsser stain killer. That's going to keep any moisture from really penetrating in there."

" As Terry Bates screws down the end pieces the new porch is taking shape. Prep work is underway for repainting the entire facade."