Cost Of A Covered Porch

The word porch is from the Latin word “porta” which basically means passage which made the term describe a room or gallery that can be found in front or entrance of the house. Our porch is in fact the part of our house where we can show our guests and visitors a great first impression of our beautiful house.

Building a covered porch in our home is actually not that easy and if we are thinking that we can do it ourselves, well, making a porch needs experience and equipments that we might not have. Upon looking for people to help us build our porch, we would need a number of them such as the carpenter, electrician and painter.

Cost Factors

Aside from the manpower that we need for the job, what else do we need to have our porch? Building a porch also needs funds and there are a lot of factors that we should include on our lists for the porch costs such as the following:

Size of a platio porch

The size of the area where we will build the porch is indeed the biggest factor for the building cost. So how much do really a covered porch cost per square foot? According to a survey in Los Angeles, the average cost for us to build a porch is $67 per square foot which would include the materials and labor so if are planning to build a big porch then we should expect to pay higher.

If we wanted to check the size of the area ourselves so we would know already the estimated cost of our porch we can simply measure the length and width of the area by inches and multiply them together. After getting the square inches of the area, we can now divide what we’ve got by 144 so we can get the square feet of the area and multiplied by $67 which is the average cost per square foot to finally get the covered porch cost per square foot.

Labor cost of the porch

Since we are going to hire a few contractors for the construction of our porch then we should expect that the labor cost will be big. One of the aspects that would affect the labor cost is the complexity of the job. Carpenters that would do the job can charge us either by per hour bases with usually $70 per hour or may also charge us by the whole job.

The cost for the electrician on the other hand is usually $65 to $85 per hour plus the materials that are needed. The painters cost would also depend on the complexity of the job especially if we wanted to be detailed when it comes to the design of the walls which would range from $20 to $35 per hour.

Any demolition around the porch

Just in case we already have any pre-existing deck or any structure then we should have it demolished or removed. The cost for the demolition would vary from the level of the job. It is also a good idea if we are able to do some prep work on the area where we will build our porch to avoid being charged with additional costs when the contractors find any issue in the area.

Furniture and accessories for porch

Of course, the porch won’t be complete without any furniture and accessories. There are a lot of furniture that we can place in our porch such as a set of chairs and a table. We can also place a rocking chair in our porch which is perfect furniture in the porch if we wanted to have some relaxation time.

Some examples of accessories that we can place in our porch are some small plants that we can either put in the corner or at the center table. Painting and other things that we can hang in the wall is also a good idea if we wanted to put more character and style to the porch.

Materials Needed

When it comes to the materials that we should comply upon the construction of our porch, there are typically a lot of them like the flooring, roofing, paint and accessories.

Flooring for patio porch

Most floorings that is used for building a porch is the wood for it tends to be cheaper compared to having a concrete flooring but what others also like with concrete flooring is that we can easily design the floor and when it comes to durability, floors that are made of concrete are also much durable compared to those that are made of wood.

Roofing for patio porch

For the roof of the porch, the cost for the roof itself would depend on the type and style of roof that we wanted to place. There are many types of roof but if we wanted to have it uniformed with the house’s roof, we may also opt to buy the same type and design of roof.

We should also include the cost for the beam support system which will be the support of the porch. The cost of the materials that will be used for the beam support system would also depend on the type of lumber because there are lumbers that cost a lot while there are also some that are cheaper and affordable.

Paint for patio  porch

The cost of the paint that we will use for the porch would depend on the brand and quality of our paint. They are also some instances where we still have to apply more coats for the paint especially if we have a light-shaded paint so we would expect to buy more gallons of paint when applying more coats.

Another idea when it comes to painting is the paint of the door. The door is still part of the porch hence making our doors look great is also a must if we wanted to have a great porch too.

So these are all what we need to account when we want to build a porch at our house and if you wanted to have your porch built by professional and experienced contractors, call us at 1-877-737-5554and we, the Fidelity Builders and Design, Inc will build you the best porch you can have.