Measuring the Distance Between Porch Spindles
September 23, 2006 – 10:22 pm | by gaulardcom
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When I was building my new front porch, installing the spindles was one of the last things I had to do. Luckily, I have a very good eye and there were no curveballs. I spaced the spindles at the minimum gap code allowed…4 inches. They lined up as close to perfect as anyone can expect for a nice country style porch. I knew there was a more defined way to do this, but didn’t really need to look into it because of my master craftsmanship (haha).
Well, there is a proper way and here it is. Bob wrote a wonderful post on how to do it with a variety of alternatives to choose from as well as the exact measurements necessary. Good job Bob and William! Funny, I don’t remember learning about any “Inter-spindle gap” growing up…hmmm.
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Tags: country style, curveballs, exact measurements, front porch, gap, good eye, good job, master craftsmanship, porch spindles, spindle
3 Responses to “Measuring the Distance Between Porch Spindles”
By Bob Sutor on Sep 23, 2006 | Reply
Thanks for the pointer. My daughter Katie, your cousin, accused me of being a geek because of that post. For comparison, this is what the back door area looked like when we moved in 6 years ago and before we did some landscaping and had the driveway paved: http://www.sutor.com/newsite/album/2000/20000402-39South-KAS-00024.jpg
By Jay on Sep 23, 2006 | Reply
That is a remarkable improvement. Good thing you have a good before shot. I always forget about that before I start a project.
Don’t worry about Katie…she’s reading your blog isn’t she?
By Bob Sutor on Sep 23, 2006 | Reply
I think she tries to avoid it …