Cedar Porch Ceiling

[buckeyefarmer]

A step is common here. Probably because most houses have basements, and rim joist and porch sit on top of basement wall.

 

[jyoutz]

This is my rough cut spruce tongue and groove boards on my porch ceiling. I applied an exterior water sealer with stain on both sides before installing. Spruce is nice to work with for ceilings because it’s light and also it tends to not twist or warp.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

what type of light fixtures do you use in your porch ceilings? I'm looking for something in LED, non can lights.

 

[Duds13]

I got this to replace the main light in front of the entrance:

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I also added two of these equally spaced apart:

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I put Edison bulbs in them. The two smaller lights are on a separate dimmer switch.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I bought a pack of Halo 4” LED lights that require no ceiling box. They came yesterday, will put them up in existing ceiling to try them.
I did find a somewhat local lumber yard with 6” pine v groove for about $22 a 16’ piece. I need 450 sf.

 

[MH8675309]

Before Covid, I tore down my small back porch and started building a bigger back porch that's 16x24. My ceiling is 8 foot long T&G Western Red Cedar that cost $14 each at Lowes. I bought enough to get started, but not enough to do half of the ceiling.

After the Lockdown, it disappeared for a year. I got lucky and found some that had been returned to McCoys that was 10 feet long with damaged ends for $14 each. That got me just over halfway.

When it showed back up on the shelves at Lowes, it was $34!!!

I slowly bought a couple at a time, until I had enough. It was stupid expensive, but I had already committed to it and there isn't anything out there that I liked better.

Before installing each board, I set it on a saw horse and soaked it with Sherwin Williams Super Deck Exterior Oil Based Transparent stain. To me, it makes a very attractive wood into something of extreme beauty. I couldn't imagine not using it, the difference is night and day better!!!

I install each board with a stapler, and when I get to where a light is going to go, I install the board, drill the wood to fit the light, and install the light. Then I move on. I did the same with my two ceiling fans. When I was almost done, I realized that I wanted a couple more lights in my soffit, so I had to play that game of getting 14/2 romex to go about 12 feet to where it needed to be, in a small space.

Be sure to have a solid plan on lighting, and to have everything in place before you install your wood. I went with 3 inch LED can lights, which we really like.

First Year

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Second Year

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Forth Year

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Looks very nice

 

[Duds13]

My finished porch

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Very nice

 

[Duds13]

Very nice

Thank you!

 

[EddieWalker]

You're porch looks amazing. Very inviting!!! I bet your wife is very proud of it.