Pretty as a picture, oak frame porch ideas can add a sense of rustic charm while providing practical cover from the weather ...

Our 90 year old house has a front porch that is falling apart. ... and perhaps rot, then there may have been enough water up in the roof framing to cause some structural damage.

The front porch on this house, built more than 80 years ago during The Great Depression, had been updated at least once in the past, in the 1980s. The cedar porch floor was in OK shape.

The growing number of cars in America and their increased use changed the streets. Renee Kahn, author of the book “Preserving Porches,” wrote, “The front porch was no longer an idyllic ...