I depends on where you live, however I would suggest a do it yourselves job where you and your friends are or family build the porch deck yourselves it save money since you would being paying an arm and a leg for contacted work.
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In order to build a deck on your enclosed porch you will need to know how tall you plan on building your porch as well as if there are any city restrictions. I suggest downloading free porch and deck design software as it includes the price of the required materials as well.
Some covered deck ideas that can be attached to a house include building a pergola, installing a retractable awning, constructing a screened-in porch, or adding a roof extension to provide shade and protection from the elements.
ehow.com has a range of tutorials on how to do certain things and building a Porch deck is one of them, you should check it out at ehow.com, they are really good ones as well
A peristyle is a type of Greek and Roman architechture which resembles a porch/deck with large columns, sometimes in an open area of a building (colonnade).
The most simple porch decks are probablly the ones that are wooden. Those are nice and cheap. You can find your porch deck plans cheap at the home depot.
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To start looking for design plans for building a new deck try lowes.com or homedepot.com. They have many online resources for building decks and cost estimators.
A porch is a covered area next to the entrance of a house, sometimes open to the air and sometimes surrounded by a screen. Example: We added a front porch with a wooden deck with exposed wooden support columns.
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Yes, but only if the house they bought came with one. If they have to build a porch later, it can be expensive, especially if it's a front porch. Front porches are usually more elaborate than a back porch. The exception would be a back porch that is connected to a deck. Those can be very costly.