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