Covered Porch Construction – Townsend Lake Cottage Build
We were hired to build a new covered porch on this cottage near Townsend Lake, just outside Markdale and south of Owen Sound. The porch now connects the front entrance of the cottage to the rear deck with a fully framed, weather-protected walkway—perfect for lakefront living. As the builder, JCB & SONS handled all framing and foundation prep to ensure a long-lasting structure on challenging cottage terrain.
The new pier footings were built using BF20 Bigfoot bases with 10” Quick-Tubes, set 4 feet below grade for frost protection. Each pier was reinforced with 15mm rebar and filled with concrete, then topped with carport saddles to securely anchor the post bases. This project reflects our specialty in deck and porch building—strong structural carpentry that blends into natural cottage settings across West Grey and Grey Highlands.
Deck building is a form of trim carpentry so all corners are mitered even on the framing.
Galvanized joist hanger brackets were used with galvanized joist hanger nails to get flush beams keeping the framing off of the ground even at the lowest end.
Deck flashing was used on the top of all the framing to ensure the top of the framing will not rot.
Kreg Jigs hidden deck fastner system was used to hide all of the screws used to fasten the decking.
All of the roof framing stayed exposed so the rafters and strapping were all rounded over and a coat of Sikkens Stain was used to weather proof it prior to installing.
Steel roofing was used on the 2 ends and polycarbonate x-ligh was used to keep the porch roof nice and bright. Strapping was ran on 12" centres to give lots of support to the x-light.
The wooden structural beam was clad in pine barn board and finished with a coat of Sikkens Cedar Stain.
We installed new vented soffit on the ends to tie neatly into the home and clad all the fascia boards in aluminum fascia we custom bent on site.
We installed 2"x4" rails with a 2"x6" handrail which received a nice big round over to create the railings for the porch. The homeowner has plans for his own spindles and is looking after that himself.
