almost done

Finally, here's the sliding glass door threshold.  It has its first coat of poly on - just 2 or 3 more to go.

step - done

After several coats of poly, the threshold step is installed.  A piece of trim below completes the work at the entrance.  Now just a final coat of poly and a coat of paint will make it all look good.

step in place

Secured the step with screws and glue then filled the holes with black filler.  Then applied one more coat of polyurethane and we've got a solid step that is almost too pretty to step on.

Next up is the threshold which just got it's first coat of poly.  It will get at least three more and then will slide in under the door trim.  After that, one final piece of vertical trim and that will complete the entrance.  This piece of wood is not quite as old as the step (at least 250 years!) it is probably 100 years or so as this was salvaged from an upstairs bedroom and doesn't show the richness of the old sheathing boards.

threshold

after a long break ...

So we are finally getting the finishing touches with the porch.  First, the step.  You may remember that we saved some of the original sheathing for a future use.  We planed the boards and squared them then joined them to make a wide step.  We'll put several coats of poly on it then fasten it in place.

shimming the nailers 

original sheathing

planed and joined

filling old holes and cracks

first coat of polyurethane