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The Porch review

The Porch is listed on Skool. It was free to join at our last price reading, on 10 Sept 2026.

A review on the numbers, not an opinion: nobody here has joined The Porch, and nothing below is a verdict.

The Porch is a Skool community for old-house owners who want to learn to restore their homes and connect with others doing the same.[1] The group was created in November 2024, and its owner runs The Craftsman Blog and the Craftsman Store and works as a DIY educator and preservation advocate.[1] The Craftsman Blog was founded by Scott Sidler, its editor-in-chief, and teaches readers to fix and restore old houses themselves.[2][3]

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Members
1,193
Published price
Free to join
no paid tier published here, last read 10 Sept 2026
Members, last 32 days
0
28 Sept 2026 to 30 Oct 2026
Rank by members
#1,417
of 6,081 sellers listed here
Size rank in niche
#70
of 265 sellers listed in reselling and flipping, by published members
Check the Course score
77
B, above average
Niche
Reselling and flipping
313 listed here
Created
15 Nov 2024
Skool publishes this date
Readings
28
since 24 Aug 2026

About The Porch

The group says it teaches preservation techniques from master craftspeople.[1] Members get weekly live restoration demos and Q&As, step-by-step tutorials on window repair, a preservation resource library and monthly preservation challenges.[1] It also offers regional networking, help with sourcing materials, restoration troubleshooting and space to show finished projects.[1]

The blog's about page describes Sidler as a licensed Florida contractor who has restored historic buildings for over 20 years.[2] Sidler started the restoration company Austin Historical in 2010, and the blog followed in 2011 as a place to answer questions clients often asked.[2] In 2015 Sidler started Heritage Supply Co. to sell restoration supplies that readers asked for and that typical hardware and big-box stores did not carry.[2] The blog sells two courses, The Window Course and Weatherstrip Basics, and Sidler has written several books on restoration.[2][3] Sidler discussed historic window restoration on the PreserveCast podcast in May 2017.[4] In May 2025 Sidler appeared on True Tales from Old Houses to talk about the book The Case for Historic Windows: The Truth About Energy Efficiency and Old Windows, which argues that old windows can match or exceed the energy efficiency of many modern replacements.[5]

Sources

  1. Skool listing: skool.com/the-craftsman-community-9213, as collected 23 Sept 2026
  2. Official website: thecraftsmanblog.com/about, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  3. Official website: thecraftsmanblog.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  4. Press: preservecast.org, retrieved 28 Sept 2026
  5. Press: truetalesfromoldhouses.com, retrieved 28 Sept 2026

Compiled by Check the Course from the sources listed, to the best of our ability.

What the listing describes
NicheReselling and flippingFormatCommunityIncludesTemplates and resources

Read from the listing’s own words: what is offered, never how well.

What is inside

Course modules
11
Courses
3
Posts, all time
420
People running it
1

Counts published by The Porch on its own page, read on 10 Sept 2026: how much is included, never how good it is. Listed as run by scott-sidler-7424.

How we knowSourced & dated
Observed on 30 Oct 2026 from Skool source page archived copy 49650eb78039.
Observable monthly ceiling
$0
monthly price, read 10 Sept 2026
1,193
published members, read 10 Sept 2026
$0
theoretical ceiling per month, as at 10 Sept 2026

This community is published as free, so the figure is zero. Its members are an audience, not customers. Nothing here estimates what that audience might be worth, and no price is applied to it anywhere on this site.

Against the reselling and flipping niche

Percentile among the other 312 reselling and flipping listings here, each seller counted once for size.

Size74th
smallestlargest
Check the Course Score
77BAbove average

Ahead of 77% of the 13,516 Skool communities we track, including ones without a page here, on the measures below, each read from a figure The Porch published itself.

  • Size 53% of the scoreahead of 84%
  • Growth 27% of the scoreahead of 26%
  • Track record 20% of the scoreahead of 72%

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  • Top 25% by size on Skool. Measured by Check the Course.Top 25% by size on Skool. Measured by Check the Course.
  • Listed every week since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.Listed every week since August 2026. Measured by Check the Course.

    Present in every one of the 10 weeks recorded since August 2026, with no week missing.

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Evidence and signals

Listed on 1,193 members.

Evidence: measured.

Following elsewhere
2,030,000 at its largest2,030,000 on YouTube. Followers on another platform, not members here.
First recorded
24 August 2026our first reading, not its launch
Elsewhere
WebsiteYouTube

Tracked over time

Member change
No changeover 1 dayNo changeover 32 days
Price change
One reading with a price so far

28 observations over 67 days.

Member count
1,1931,19324 Aug 202630 Oct 2026change

Observation log

Observation log
ObservedMembersChangePriceCeiling / month
30 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
29 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
26 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
25 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
23 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
21 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
20 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
19 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
17 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
16 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
15 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
13 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
12 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
11 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
9 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
8 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
5 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
4 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
3 Oct 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
28 Sept 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
23 Sept 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
21 Sept 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
14 Sept 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
10 Sept 20261,1930Free to joinNot calculated
7 Sept 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
6 Sept 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
31 Aug 20261,1930Not recordedNot calculated
24 Aug 20261,193Not recordedNot calculated
Average per week, last 32 days28 Sept 2026 to 30 Oct 20260
Average per week, since first reading24 Aug 2026 to 30 Oct 20260

Common questions about The Porch

What is The Porch?
The Porch is a Skool community for old-house owners who want to learn to restore their homes and connect with others doing the same. The group was created in November 2024, and its owner runs The Craftsman Blog and the Craftsman Store and works as a DIY educator and preservation advocate.
How much does The Porch cost?
The Porch was free to join on Skool when last read, 10 Sept 2026; its listing showed no charge.
How many members does The Porch have?
The Porch lists 1,193 members, read 30 Oct 2026.
How has The Porch's membership changed?
From 1,193 members on 24 Aug 2026, our first reading, to 1,193 on 30 Oct 2026: within 1%.
How does The Porch compare with other reselling and flipping communities?
The Porch is free to join, where the median priced reselling and flipping listing charges $29 a month. The niche median is 596 members. Pricing benchmarks by niche.
What do you get inside The Porch?
The Porch publishes 11 course modules, 3 courses, 420 posts, 1 admin. Communities with the most course content.

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