09/02/2026
Sometimes the plan changes once you get into it.
This porch roof had pulled away from the house, and from the beginning we knew there were some challenges involved. Rather than immediately telling the homeowner the whole thing had to come down, we spent quite a bit of time working through options and came up with a plan to try to save the existing roof, get it back where it belonged, and make the necessary repairs while keeping the project within reason.
Then we started opening it up.
What looked like structural framing from the outside turned out to be something very different once it was exposed. Parts of the porch roof that appeared to be structural beams were actually hollow box assemblies, along with deterioration and years of previous construction that simply weren’t capable of being repaired and supported the way we had originally hoped.
At that point, the plan had to change.
Trying to save the existing roof was no longer a safe or proper way to move forward, so we stopped, showed the homeowner what we had found, talked through the situation, and came up with a new plan.
That’s one of the realities of remodeling existing homes. Sometimes you inherit somebody else’s work, and you don’t really know what you’re dealing with until you can see behind it. Nobody likes unforeseen conditions—they cost time, they cost money, and they can change a project considerably.
But when they happen, our job is to work through them with the homeowner and figure out the right way forward.
This one changed course. But we didn’t walk away from it.
Now the old porch roof is down, we’re back to the house, and we’re rebuilding it the way it needs to be built.
We’ll show you where this one ends up.