When you go buy your.
Building deck on concrete porch.
Cut pvc trim boards to wrap around stoop using circular saw.
In our case we just had an old.
My brother and i only got halfway done with what i had hoped to accomplish yesterday but we learned a lot along the way.
At first you have to plan a layout.
First you have to attach.
The material should be pretty obvious wood.
Counterbore holes in pvc trim with inch diameter spade bit.
My husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house.
And plenty of it.
We will teach you how to determine the code compliant size of your footings based on the soil type and tributary loads.
The big picture goal here is that i ll be covering my existing concrete front porch with wood so that i can stain it and it will look like a traditional wood front porch.
For this reason rainwater can.
Installing deck flooring on a cement patio.
Building a wooden deck over a concrete one step 1.
Pre drill holes for your concrete screws.
Within a day our.
Steps to build a raised deck over a concrete patio plan a layout.
Preparation and installing runners and skirts.
Solve the water problems.
Mark the sleeper locations on the patio before you start drilling remember to note the extra sleepers if you re adding stairs or railings to the deck area.
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.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.
Depending on the condition of your concrete structure you may need to level the surface before setting up your sleeper system.
But you can t just put wood porch deck boards directly onto concrete.
Most of the time the patio corner had settled by many years.
This part is relatively easy.
The dappled sunlight created by the overhead latticework creates a cool relaxing environment perfect for backyard entertaining like standing in the shade of a tree on a hot summer day.
Concrete screws decking flashing tape plastic shims self leveling compound treated 2x4s.
Mark the location of the sleeper on the concrete patio.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to deck over a concrete stoop.