Repair your Porch or Deck & Save $$$Thousands

After getting an estimate for $3000 to replace my friends back porch & stairs, I decided ti fix it for her for $175. You too can repair your deck or porch in a short amount of time you can save a ton of money.

[silverdawn]

Thank you! I had someone give us a quote of $1200 just to replace the porch steps! You’ve helped give me the confidence to do it ourselves and save a lot of money. ❤

[pteddie]

Your friend is fortunate to have you as a friend and you are a 'purty nice guy'.
Thanks for sharing this video.😀

[That-guy-there]

I couldn't tell you how perfect this video is, the minute I saw you driving on Austin I knew I had the right video lol I also live in Chicago and need a repair that is almost similar to this video so I know I picked the right video

[yoriregalado]

This is just the video know-how I needed for a step I need to replace on my front porch stairs. Thanks for sharing! Just subscribed!

[Rusty_ok]

Nice results in a couple of hours. Thanks for posting

[cakesboo]

This makes so much sense to me. Thank u. Now subscribed so I don’t need to go through countless of bs vids to get a solution ❤

[sociopharm]

Thank you this was a huge help. straight forward video and I’m going to be fixing my steps this weekend.

[jfkesq]

Great advice on waiting to stain PT wood.

[stephenpisanelli]

Have a similar project coming up. I've also been investing in Ridgid 18 volt tools. Can't wait to use them.

[MarkMcCluney]

Gosh, that seems like a very high estimate - perhaps they just didn't want the work. Anyway, it's a very neat job Tom and I certainly learned about this Torx head screws. Thanks mate.

[dg-hughes]

2:30 here in Canada I'd only use Robertson head (square head) screws. I find you can really torque then down well Phillips head screws would be a nightmare.

[tabrown]

I just had an estimate for a 8x16 porch 4 feet Hugh with nine stairs for $ 16k. And that was the cheapest. Found a guy to replace what needed, since the structure is good. Less than $3k with material and labor (stairs had to be rebuilt). Beats the hell our of $16k

[knightlyrose]

Howdy, I really appreciate how practical you made those repairs. Can you do a video explaining, how homeowners can protect their wood. I have a covered wrap around porch. The original Florida construction was about 12 years ago. It is painted, floor is concrete, however about 3yrs ago when I was pressure washing. Some paint spots lifted on the wood bannister & handrail . I would like to pressure wash again, but I'm concerned about damaging it. My question is how do I reseal to protect, do I have to strip all the existing paint off 1st? How often should a reseal be done? BTW some of the paint is flaky... Thanks again 😊

[frobled]

You should start saying “you know what really grinds my gears??”

[simplyblessed]

my friends porch steps are rotting so I have offered to replace them at a minimal cost since Im a beginner carpenter

[danielmunoz]

If I don’t have rotary and saw saw if I’m able to take the templets to Home Depot and have them cut it?

Should I just buy the saws lol ?

[ericsikma]

Yes, in a sense, it's nice one cannot post links here on the tubage because there's a link on here to that clip from the "Dumb and Dumber" movie where they're in that "Mutt Cut" rig and Harry poses the question of, "Hey. Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world? 🙃
As for the porch, on this end, can DEFINITELY attest to using Torx (R) bits. Another advantage of those worth passing along is that with Torx (R) screws and the accompanying bit, the screw-to-bit gripping strength is VASTLY improved over a Phillip's screw big time, ESPECIALLY when it comes to those longer deck-type screws. And no, you don't wanna use a drill, again, ESPECIALLY on a deck screw. (LOL! Ask me how I know that...) 😉

[anav]

Good video, thanks. New subscriber here

[EB-okio]

You make it look so easy! Well now I know that I’m not paying 2K. My porch is structurally sound just looks terrible from the paint wear.

[kbeasleyconstruction]

Im a deck contractor and curiously watched your video. I believe the quote was to totally demo and build the porch back to up to date standards. It clearly wasnt properly flashed or attached to the house. The handrails were not secure and stable enough to prevent fall protection also. Im not knocking your video. Its great instruction for diy'ers. I just thought I'd share my opinion about the quote. Not sure of your location but thats a bit high in my area.