soffit – The Country Cottage

Front Porch Soffit

In order to prepare to complete the front porch soffit, we ordered 20 more boards of tongue and groove yellow pine car siding. Then, we had to repeat the process (sand, polyurethane, sand, polyurethane) to prepare them for installation. In laying them out across the drop cloths, it became obvious that the previous board wereContinue reading “Front Porch Soffit”

Finishing Back Porch Soffit

We had about 3-4 rows of tongue and groove car siding that we needed to install to finish the back porch soffit. Rick and MLM worked on this while I was working my day job. It was a hair raising experience due to the back porch being so high off the ground.

Polyurethane on Tongue & Groove Wall Plank (aka Car Siding)

Each evening, we would work on preparing tongue and groove boards for the ceilings of the porches. we needed to finish the back deck ceiling and start/complete the front porch ceiling. We applied three coats of polyurethane to the boards before putting them up because it was way easier to seal them on the groundContinue reading “Polyurethane on Tongue & Groove Wall Plank (aka Car Siding)”