Beautiful Open Porch with Fireplace and Kitchen in Waxhaw, NC

This amazing project was definitely a fun one for Deckscapes to build. Our clients knew what they wanted, and, with the help of a wonderful interior designer, had all of the help they needed to design this beautiful open porch. Because of an existing pool, space was a little limited. We were able to build a 20’ x 20’ open porch which was going to be just enough to create 3 distinct living areas in this porch. The first thing we had to do was raise up the floor of the new porch so any rain water wouldn’t wash across the floor during a storm. Existing pavers were removed, the foundation was poured and channel drains were installed around the raised perimeter to help divert water and keep the new tile floor dry. We were able to construct the new roof using just 4 corner posts and engineered beams to keep all of the views open. The sloped roof had a new standing seam, black, metal roof installed. One of the “Non Negotiables” for our clients was a large, painted brick, wood burning fireplace with an oversized opening with seating on both sides. Our skilled tradesmen were able to make it happen and it looks amazing! We installed a wood, V-Groove, tongue and groove ceiling with crossing, raised, exposed beams in the center and installed recessed LED can lighting and oversized ceiling fan. On the front, entrance side of the porch, we installed a large island with seating for 4 chairs so guests could come over from the pool and have a seat. The island had a granite top with waterfall style sides down to the new tile floor and contrasting tile on the inside face of the island. It is a focal point of this room. We installed 2 Infratech heaters at the header height to help keep the guests warm on cooler nights. Hanging chairs were installed on one side porch to relax in. On the opposite side of the porch we installed a large kitchen area equipped with enclosed cabinets, gas grill top, flat top gas griddle, storage cabinets and doors and two matching stainless steel hood vents. This area was accented with beautiful black tile from the new granite countertops up to the ceiling. The paint scheme for the room utilized different shades and finishes of Black paint along with a contrasting wood stain for the exposed beams. The gorgeous tile pattern was selected and installed to finish off the project. I was extremely satisfied with the outcome of this project and our amazing clients love it and use it everyday.

Lake Front Trex Deck and EZE Breeze Porch

This client, on Lake Wylie in Belmont, NC, had an existing deck that was in serious need of replacement. The amount of mushrooms and fungus that was growing between the rotten deck boards, as well as the 6” drop at front girder was very alarming. After removing the underdeck system and exposing massive amounts of wood rot, it was obvious to the crew at Deckscapes that this project needed a full replacement. After installing a new pressure treated floor frame, along with new joist tape, we began the process of installing the new decking. Our client has chosen the Trex Lineage decking in the Hatteras color, which looked amazing against his house siding color. We installed new landings and stairs as well and wrapped it all with the Trex Hatteras 1x12 fascia. The railing we installed on the deck, porch, landing and stairs was the Trex Signature railing in Black color. To help add some evening ambiance and safety, we installed a Trex lighting system that included LED rail wedge lights and round LED stair riser lights which all tied into the Trex transformer and timer. For the porch we installed new 6” laminated columns and a new tongue and groove 6” wood ceiling as well as 4 new LED recessed can lights and a new ceiling fan. Everything was painted to match the exterior house trim. We installed new black framed EZE Breeze vertical 4 track porch windows and 2 Larson Full View storm doors also in black. The underside of the deck, porch, and stairs were stained using a dark Sherwin Williams color to help disguise the light colored framing from eyesight and 4 waterproof ceiling fans were installed as well to keep the living space below the deck and porch cool on hot days. It all turned out beautiful and our client loves it.

Open Porch over Existing Patio

Our clients in York, SC had a small, existing covered porch and asked for a new open, gable roof porch design over their existing stamped concrete patio. We we able to preserve their stamped concrete by digging new footings under the outer edges of the patio and then installing a beam pocket in their house wall to accept the new porch header. We then installed a new 15’ x 15’ gable roof, open porch with details to match their exiting house so it looked like it was part of the original build. We added 4 LED recessed can lights in the new ceiling along with a new ceiling fan. Then we installed new 5 1/2” wide, tongue and groove wood, V-Groove ceiling panels and painted them to look like the Carolina sky. The existing covered porch had a basic vinyl ceiling that we removed and added an additional 4 LED recessed can lights, ceiling fan and V-Groove ceiling with matching paint. The new porch columns installed were 10” x10” PVC wrapped columns to match the header above and all painted to match the house trim color. Our clients love their new outdoor living space and are considering enclosing it with EZE Breeze porch windows in the near future.