There are three common foundations if you choose to build a wooden deck.
													
																	Building a wood deck on a concrete slab. 
									
	
		
	
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																	Instead consider covering your aging concrete patio with decking. 
																	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. 
																	If you remove the existing patio or concrete slab you will have an added 5 to build your deck. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Installing deck flooring on a cement patio. 
																	An old cracked partially sunken concrete patio can be an eyesore if not a safety hazard. 
																	Within a day our. 
																	Set up a sleeper system. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	For a good conditioned concrete base building a raised deck is easy. 
																	Or you can use the slab as the base of the deck and use wood as the top of this deck. 
																	A sleeper system is a substructure made up of joists that sits on the surface of the concrete below the decking. 
																	In our case we just had an old. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	But first let s discuss each of the possible building options. 
																	To install a composite deck over concrete you re going to need a sleeper system. 
																	Demolishing it and replacing it with new poured concrete is an economical but extremely labor intensive process. 
																	My husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	You can build a raised deck over concrete base in two ways. 
																	The material should be pretty obvious wood. 
																	And plenty of it. 
																	Building a wooden deck over a concrete one step 1. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
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																	The added 5 makes building a wood deck possible if you do it right along with a little bit of additional work. 
																	This part is relatively easy. 
																	In this guide we ll provide you with basic instructions to help install a composite deck over concrete.