They will run perpendicular to the decking material.
Building a deck over concrete porch.
In our case we just had an old.
The material should be pretty obvious wood.
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.
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.
Preparation and installing runners and skirts.
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.
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.
Apply foam adhesive to back of trim.
My husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house.
Within a day our.
This part is relatively easy.
For this reason rainwater can.
Most of the time the patio corner had settled by many years.
Fill in any spots where rainwater pools with either self leveling.
A floating composite deck.
Building a wooden deck over a concrete one step 1.
Installing a multi color deck over concrete.
To cover the ends of the sleepers install deck fascia board.
When you go buy your.
If not opting for the interlocking deck tiles you ll need to place sleepers on both surfaces.
Cut pvc trim boards to wrap around stoop using circular saw.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.
How to build a wood deck over a concrete patio step 1.
At first you have to plan a layout.
Solve the water problems.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to deck over a concrete stoop.
Check the drainage of the concrete patio.
You would then place your wood porch flooring over the sleepers.
And plenty of it.
Mark the location of the sleeper on the concrete patio.
Concrete screws decking flashing tape plastic shims self leveling compound treated 2x4s.
Another option of course is to remove the concrete entirely and rebuild the porch from the ground up.
Installing deck flooring on a cement patio.