Plan the layout of your sleepers.
Deck over concrete porch.
When you go buy your.
If you have a concrete patio you want to transform into a more beautiful and impactful outdoor space capped composite is not only a great choice but it s pretty easy to pull off.
This situation is common in many pool patio and porch designs.
All cracked and spalling.
Preparation and installing runners and skirts.
Fill in any spots where rainwater pools with either self leveling.
Covered the porch useing your method but extended it across the front of the house.
Apply foam adhesive to back of trim.
The material should be pretty obvious wood.
How to build a wood deck over a concrete patio step 1.
He had a small concrete porch with six concrete stairs.
Built stringers for stairs matching existing stair run and used them to anchor stair treads.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.
Concrete screws decking flashing tape plastic shims self leveling compound treated 2x4s.
Sunk posts for support and attached railings.
Protect against water damage ground level floating decks are particularly susceptible to moisture build up so.
Did a similar project with my son in law.
Installing deck flooring on a cement patio my husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house.
In our case we just had an old.
Counterbore holes in pvc trim with inch diameter spade bit.
This part is relatively easy.
They will run perpendicular to the decking material.
Drill holes through each counterbore.
Enter capped composite decking the perfect material to upgrade your space by adding a gorgeous deck over concrete structures.
And plenty of it.
If you follow the white trim board at the bottom it s pretty obvious how unlevel the porch is.
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.
Over the 70 years since the concrete porch was poured the porch has moved and sunk a bit on the left side towards the front door and is no longer level.
Building a wooden deck over a concrete one step 1.
Run bead of hot melt glue across miter joints and press trim board against stoop.
3 tips for building a deck over concrete 1.
The concrete gets cracked stained and pitted and the owners want to cover it with something nice without busting up all the old concrete.
Unfortunately traditional long length decking boards don t perform very well over concrete.