The material should be pretty obvious wood.
Wood deck on concrete slab.
How to build a wood deck over a concrete patio step 1.
The added 5 makes building a wood deck possible if you do it right along with a little bit of additional work.
Fill in any spots where rainwater pools with either self leveling.
If you remove the existing patio or concrete slab you will have an added 5 to build your deck.
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.
You could use deck blocks traditional concrete footings or the titan deck foot anchor.
When you go buy your.
And plenty of it.
To cover the ends of the sleepers install deck fascia board.
Most prevalent but also plain.
This part is relatively easy.
Made to look like wood but can cost more.
But you can t just put wood porch deck boards directly onto concrete.
First you have to attach risers sleepers to the concrete and then the porch boards can be screwed to the risers.
So the plan yesterday was to get all of the risers sleepers attached to the porch.
Installing a multi color deck over concrete.
Preparation and installing runners and skirts.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.
They will run perpendicular to the decking material.
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.
But first let s discuss each of the possible building options.
Within a day our concrete slab went from drab to fab.
Plan the layout of your sleepers.
Most popular and looks natural but also demands the most maintenance.
Building a wooden deck over a concrete one step 1.
Check the drainage of the concrete patio.
In our case we just had an old.
Concrete screws decking flashing tape plastic shims self leveling compound treated 2x4s.