Porch Construction

With rising Propane costs, Kara and I prayed that god would provide an alternative source of heat this year, and he did. God provided a sweet wood stove for us for free. A couple in our church decided to buy this wood stove for us. It is a $1200 wood stove that a guy was selling for $500 and heard we were in search and charged us $300. The couple decided to pay the $300 for us and picked it up and delivered it to our house at no cost. What a blessing.

We had to figure out where to put it though, so we decided to finish the back porch and make it a part of the house and place the wood stove there. Here is a before and after picture of construction so far.

We have had to:
1. Demo the porch to the framing
2. Move and re frame a window
3. Move and re frame a door
4. Insulate and drywall the exterior wall
5. Level the porch floor
6. Install a sub-floor
7. Install ceramic tile
8. Frame, insulate, and drywall the ceiling
9. Install electrical for an outdoor light, an indoor outlet, and two sconces.

We still have to:
1. Install the stove and piping out the roof
2. Install laminate flooring
3. Final coat of mud
4. Prime and paint the walls
5. Mortar rocks into the back splash of the wall
6. Finish Drywalling, mudding, priming, painting the ceiling after the pipe goes through it
7. Install sconces
8. Install shelving unit in side wall.

I really don't have much experience in construction, so a lot of what we are doing is the first time we have ever done it. It's been fun though. I will post a finished product in a few weeks.