We moved into our house 4 years ago. And while we love it, the one area that it's lacking is usable outdoor space. We have a deck off of the main floor, but it's uncovered, with no shade, and because we have a walkout basement, the deck is a full story off of the ground.

Ultimately, we'd like to add a 3 season porch and a covered patio area.
The question is, would it be easier to add the 3 season porch under the existing deck, which would involve cutting a new door to the house, where a window currently is, or is it a better idea adding the porch where the already existing walkout door is, but would probably force us to relocate the stairs to the deck.

If we put the porch under the deck, would we have to scrap the existing deck, or could it be incorporated? Is it even worth trying to waterproof the bottom of the deck, in order to make it the roof of the porch?

For the record, we'll be using a contractor for this. Definitely not a DIY project.

When you originally made your account, how did you come across this great forum website? I believe for me if I remember correctly I was just googling something about Iowa State football and came across CF, dove right in and made an account and started posting!

Enjoy.

I thought I would ask the CF hive mind for some help and/or recommendations. Our house is from the 1960's and we have an exterior wooden door with some glass. It's only like 28" or 30" wide though, so pretty small compared to new doors today. Unfortunately, this door is really showing it's age and we would like to replace it with something very similar. Has anyone done something like this? Any good companies or individuals in Ames or the surrounding area that could do this type of work?

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Our lawnmower is 12 years old, the blade is shot and it probably needs a new wheel, and the model is discontinued. Probably not going to cost much more to buy new than it would to repair the existing one.
Considering electric due to rising cost of gas, and ability to fold up and store some of them easier, but worried about the engine having enough power, and about the battery charge lasting long enough to mow our yard, just a little under an acre.
Any experience or suggestions? We aren't going to splurge and buy top of the line, just something that will get the job done and last for hopefully as long as our old one did...
Thanks in advance!

Caught up with JT this afternoon. Enjoy.

Q&A: JT Rock breaks down reclassification and more

Can anyone recommend a reliable, trust-worthy mechanic on the south side of Des Moines, preferrable in the Fleur area, but that's not a deal-breaker.

Thanks.

Anybody try this yet? Game- changer for me. This moves the needle from a 3-4 to a solid 6 IMO.

Any nuggets from Yormark for anyone that can watch/listen?

Shall we post other comments here?

I’ll start, Chris Colvin, Terrance Lewis, and Chris Alexander.

Thoughts?
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Pick 5 of the 20 items below. The one who has the most instances of those items occur during Campbell's Media Days press conference wins.

1. 18-22 year old
2. Best version of themselves
3. Book read by him/team
4. Brock Purdy
5. Craft (refining, developing, perfecting, honing)
6. Culture
7. Elite
8. First of all (with or without a "second")
9. Great job
10. No doubt about it
11. Players. Formations. Plays.
12. Reality of the situation
13. To be honest / To tell you the truth
14. Trust/love the process
15. What we’re trying to build here
16. Where are we as program?
17. Who do we want to be?
18. Will McDonald
19. Winning in the margins
20. Yeah, no, great question (or Yeah, ya know)

I will keep track and my judgments are **** official ****

Whose in the bag tonight and what did you drink?

I had 3 old fashions at Gold Finch in Marion. So tasty!

Now letting the neighborhood enjoy my loud 80's music while drinking in the garage!

The Tennessee football team had 200 violations in their football program. They are paying a big fine and losing 26-28 scholarships.
Losing visits but keeping bowl eligibility.

I was talking to my nephew (7 yo) and he was telling me some tall tales. Unfortunately, I repeated the George Costanza line, "Remember, it's not a lie if you believe it". He had a puzzled look on his face and repeated the line to himself and smiled. My sister was none too impressed.

What stupid things have you said to or in front of kids?

Durango has 5.7L. I lost power but it didn't die. (No dash lights came on at least) shut it off and restarted max rpm 4000. Took it back out and now it will excell to 6000 but I don't hear the low powerful exhaust sound when I excellerate which my novice opinion is overdrive. Too late to talk to my repair shop so I was wondering if anyone here has any idea?

My aunt passed away last year and left me some funds. Will the lawyers take out my portion of the tax or will that be my responsibility? I know it's going away in the future but she held out to 98.

Ionescu breaks WNBA 3-point Contest record:

Making her Romanian ancestry proud.

Local non profit Ellipsis is having an auction with some Iowa State items. It includes a shoot around with the Men's or Women's team that's currently only at $150 with 2 days left! Also some autographed footballs and basketballs. Check it out, goes to a great cause.

Ellipsis auction

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Read a very little about it and decided to watch it - first time ever. Caught the intros and was impressed by the individual attention and spotlight each player receives. Maybe it’s the location (Las Vegas trying to woo potential NBA, too) and maybe it will change over time. For now, may the best team win tonight. It’s on ABC if anyone’s intrigued.

Voting is open for the Round of 64 of the Cyclone Fanatic Comedy Movie Tournament


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Was at the camp today. Bunch of Detroit Lions and Buffalo Bills players here including Jack Campbell. My 2nd cousin participated with the younger age bracket this morning, his older brother is on the Lion's practice squad, played at Alabama. Great time and awesome guys in general. Great to see this for the Iowa youth.

Wondering if anyone has had a radon mitigation system installed recently. If so what kind of system did you have installed and how much did it end up costing? I am seeing anywhere from $1,000-$2,500 online. Does this range seem correct?

Any farmers out there have any knowledge about these critters?