Preparation and installing runners and skirts.
Building a deck over concrete porch.
Building a wooden deck over a concrete one step 1.
If not opting for the interlocking deck tiles you ll need to place sleepers on both surfaces.
In our case we just had an old.
3 tips for building a deck over concrete in recent years it s become more and more common for homeowners to reconsider their concrete patios for something more attractive and easier to maintain.
You could only do this if there is sufficient space between the existing slab and your door otherwise the flooring would prevent the door from opening.
If you re installing two different colors of boards for your deck then you can screw the accent color boards into place temporarily to act as guides for the primary color boards.
Fill in any spots where rainwater pools with either self leveling.
Apply foam adhesive to back of trim.
Installing deck flooring on a cement patio.
When you go buy your.
The material should be pretty obvious wood.
This part is relatively easy.
How to build a wood deck over a concrete patio step 1.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.
Counterbore holes in pvc trim with inch diameter spade bit.
Ripping up concrete and building a deck seemed like a daunting and expensive task so when we saw newtechwood deck a floor we thought it would be absolutely perfect for our space.
Installing a multi color deck over concrete.
Another option of course is to remove the concrete entirely and rebuild the porch from the ground up.
They will run perpendicular to the decking material.
My husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house.
For this reason rainwater can.
Check the drainage of the concrete patio.
You would then place your wood porch flooring over the sleepers.
To cover the ends of the sleepers install deck fascia board.
Concrete screws decking flashing tape plastic shims self leveling compound treated 2x4s.
Most of the time the patio corner had settled by many years.
Solve the water problems.
Cut pvc trim boards to wrap around stoop using circular saw.
Within a day our.
And plenty of it.
Plan the layout of your sleepers.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to deck over a concrete stoop.
Steps to build a raised deck over a concrete patio plan a layout.