Porch Replacement in Northeast Pennsylvania
Nothing welcomes guests, adds charm to your home, protects you from the elements, and provides a place to relax in the fresh air like a porch. If your front or back porch is causing more problems than it should, if its disrepair is posing safety issues, or if you’d simply like to replace it with a porch that’s bigger or more versatile, choose the porch replacement contractor that’s been working with NEPA homeowners for more than 50 years. Independent Construction is at your service.
Let’s Plan Your Porch Remodel
What style of porch do you currently have? Would you like to replace it with another porch of the same style, or do you want to change the look of your home by selecting a new type of porch? You have lots of options.
- Traditional Porch: Features columns, railings, and a roof.
- Wraparound Porch: Extends around multiple sides of the house, offering expanded outdoor living space.
- Screened-In Porch: Enclosed with screens to keep out insects while allowing airflow. Ideal for enjoying the outdoors in warmer seasons.
- Sunroom / Three-Season Porch: A fully or partially enclosed porch with large windows to maximize sunlight—often used year-round with heating or insulated glass. This type of porch provides an indoor/outdoor feel and can double as a secondary living area.
- Sleeping Porch: A screened or open porch traditionally designed for sleeping in warmer months. It includes space for beds or daybeds and is often found in older or southern-style homes.
- Farmer’s Porch: A simple, covered porch typically found on rural or country-style homes, designed to provide shade and shelter. It often has a rustic look with wooden beams and railings.
- Veranda: A large, roofed, open-air porch that typically wraps around the house. It’s common in southern-style homes and is often elevated with a railing.
- Covered Porch: A porch with a permanent roof structure, providing shade and protection from rain. It can be attached to the front, side or back of the house.
- Open Porch: A roofless porch that’s fully exposed to the elements, with simple/minimalist style. It’s often used as an entryway or seating area.
- Detached Porch: A freestanding structure located away from the main house, often in a garden or near a pool. It functions as an outdoor gathering area, sometimes with a pergola or trellis.
- Portico: A small, covered entryway supported by columns, often found at the front door. It adds a decorative and functional touch to the entrance of a home.
- Lanai: A Hawaiian-style porch or patio, often screened or enclosed. It combines indoor and outdoor living, with tropical or coastal design elements.
- Patio Porch: A hybrid of a patio and a porch, usually paved and covered, extending the living space into the outdoors. It’s ideal for dining and lounging.
- Elevated Porch: A porch built off the second floor or raised above ground level, often with stairs leading down to the yard. It allows for a grand view and can double as a balcony or deck.
What type of porch remodel will best suit your needs and style? Do you have a different type in mind? The team at Independent Construction is ready to discuss how we can make your vision a reality. Call us today.
Porch Replacement: For Safety, Aesthetics, or a Brand New Look
There are lots of reasons why you might want to have your porch replaced.
Perhaps it’s no longer safe for people to walk on. There might be loose or rotting boards that cause tripping or falling hazards. Maybe the handrails are no longer stable and you fear that someone may fall from the steps. Or perhaps the steps are uneven, the roof is falling, or the columns are no longer bearing the load they should.
Those are all great reasons for porch replacement.
Or, maybe you’d like a large front porch so you can relax on a rocking chair and watch traffic pass. Maybe a different type of porch will better complement the style of your home—or turn it into something entirely new and different.
No matter how you wish to use a new porch to increase the resale value, ensure safety, or enhance the appearance of your home, we have it covered. Schedule a visit with a quote today!
Need Porch Repair? We Can Help with That, Too
At Independent Construction, we’ll never recommend complete porch replacement when porch repairs will do the job. That’s why NEPA residents trust us as their go-to porch, deck, roofing, siding, and home remodeling contractor.
Of course, if your porch is beyond repair, we will be honest about that. But we’ll also be honest if porch repairs can restore stability and safety to your structure.
The only way to know is to have one of our professionals inspect your porch and tell you what they find. Let’s get you on our schedule!
YOUR PORCH—and the Porch Replacement Contractor You Choose—Matters
Whether it’s a small stoop or a massive wraparound porch, your porch matters.
Your front porch gives visitors a place to wait at the door and your mail carrier or parcel delivery personnel a spot to drop your mail and packages. It provides an area that you can decorate for the holidays and a place to relax in the shade while you watch the world go by.
Your back porch is where kids will gather and where muddy shoes will be piled up. It’s a spot where you can look over your garden, watch wildlife, or spend quality time with your children, grandchildren, or pets.
It can be large or small, but one thing’s for sure. Living starts on your porches. Shouldn’t they be safe, practical, and built to complement your home and its many uses?
Let’s see how our porch replacement contractors can help you! Give us a call to get started.
