This porch has been hurting over the years. The main issue has been here in front of the front door. So we took out the brick stairwell and we prepared for new footings. The old footing was obsolete. The house is basically resting on semi-solid ground. Wherever water penetrates and finds a place to rest, the ground gives way and the foundation buckles. So we are reinforcing this problematic area only to build it back the way it was. We barely beat the snow yesterday.