Truman ordered a thorough survey during a dinner at the White House when he saw one of the rooms sway. They found out the East Room was held up by goodwill and a couple dozen of extremely rusty nails. During the renovation he ordered that a porch that had been on the original plans but not built be added: the Republicans went nuts and kept pushing the line that Truman wanted it to play the piano on, which is why when the renovation was finished he only visited it once or twice.