The Weyerhaeuser Museum is having some much needed porch repair done by Maschler Construction, owned by Bob Maschler.
The building is 37 years old and the porch was showing its age with rotten beams, broken trim and salt-eaten cement blocks underneath.
Bob, a meticulous carpenter with Morrison County roots, has been at work on the porch with his assistant since June 28. As of the morning of July 6, the men had stripped off the old wood from the columns and floor, removed the crumbling cement block from below and replaced it, put in a new floor, replaced the rotten support beams, and worked on trimming out the support beams.
(Might they finish today? I’m writing this Friday afternoon, July 6, but won’t publish the post until Tuesday, July 10 because Ann Marie has already posted today. No need to inundate you with too much to read.)
We thought you might appreciate pictures of the week’s progress on the porch, so without further adieu ….
![https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair2.jpg?resize=428%2C321 The porch is stripped of its old wood, July 3, 2012.](https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair2.jpg?resize=428%2C321)
![https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair4.jpg?resize=428%2C321 A rotten support beam on the porch, July 3, 2012.](https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair4.jpg?resize=428%2C321)
![https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair5.jpg?resize=321%2C428 A full-length view of the stripped porch, July 3, 2012.](https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair5.jpg?resize=321%2C428)
![https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair7.jpg?resize=428%2C321 The cement foundation under the old porch was dug out because it had deteriorated from winter salt, July 3, 2012.](https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair7.jpg?resize=428%2C321)
![https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair8.jpg?resize=428%2C321 The new cement foundation under the porch, July 3, 2012.](https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair8.jpg?resize=428%2C321)
![https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair10.jpg?resize=428%2C321 Bob Maschler & his assistant finishing the new floor, July 5, 2012.](https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair10.jpg?resize=428%2C321)
![https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair11.jpg?resize=428%2C321 New support beams and floor on the porch, July 5, 2012.](https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair11.jpg?resize=428%2C321)
![https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair15.jpg?resize=428%2C321 Close-up of new support beams and floor, July 5, 2012.](https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair15.jpg?resize=428%2C321)
![https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair18.jpg?resize=321%2C428 Bob and his assistant installing the decorative boxes around the support beams, July 6, 2012.](https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair18.jpg?resize=321%2C428)
![https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair19.jpg?resize=321%2C428 Bob Maschler hard at work, July 6, 2012.](https://i0.wp.com/morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/porchrepair19.jpg?resize=321%2C428)