Installing deck flooring on a cement patio.
Building a wood deck on a concrete slab.
Within a day our.
My husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house.
Set up a sleeper system.
To install a composite deck over concrete you re going to need a sleeper system.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.
For a good conditioned concrete base building a raised deck is easy.
An old cracked partially sunken concrete patio can be an eyesore if not a safety hazard.
One is to demolish your concrete patio completely and then build a wooden one as the replacement of concrete base.
If you remove the existing patio or concrete slab you will have an added 5 to build your deck.
The added 5 makes building a wood deck possible if you do it right along with a little bit of additional work.
In this guide we ll provide you with basic instructions to help install a composite deck over concrete.
Or you can use the slab as the base of the deck and use wood as the top of this deck.
Instead consider covering your aging concrete patio with decking.
But first let s discuss each of the possible building options.
The material should be pretty obvious wood.
In our case we just had an old.
You can build a raised deck over concrete base in two ways.
This part is relatively easy.
A sleeper system is a substructure made up of joists that sits on the surface of the concrete below the decking.
And plenty of it.
Demolishing it and replacing it with new poured concrete is an economical but extremely labor intensive process.
Preparation and installing runners and skirts.
There are three common foundations if you choose to build a wooden deck.
When you go buy your.