Hi folks - I have a question I'm hoping somebody may know something about. I've got a big concrete porch on the front of my house that I want to cov...
Building a Wooden Deck Over a Concrete One. By David Catriel in Outside Backyard. 394,546. 250. 53. Featured. ... Replacing the concrete deck with wood could have been done in one of two ways: completely demolish the concrete porch and build a 100% wooden one in its place, or use the concrete as a base and just add wood on top of it. ...
You would then place your wood porch flooring over the sleepers. Another option of course, is to remove the concrete entirely and rebuild the porch from the ground up. In either case you will also have to plan for the columns (if there aren't any now) for the gable roof.
How to Lay Deck Flooring on a Concrete Patio. Article Posted By: Courtney Clymer. of Lifestyled Atlanta. Share article with: ... perhaps her most ingenious idea was laying deck flooring over the cement slab patio. It dresses up the space beautifully, and it’s a lot more pleasant for bare feet than concrete. ... We decided to lay ours in a ...
The current steps will no longer work since the concrete steps are 5.5 inches high, and the last step onto the porch is now over 9 inches high. So the concrete steps will be torn out, and I’ll be replacing them with wood steps to match the porch.
Introduction: Building a Wooden Deck Over a Concrete One. ... Replacing the concrete deck with wood could have been done in one of two ways: completely demolish the concrete porch and build a 100% wooden one in its place, or use the concrete as a base and just add wood on top of it. ... Your concrete porch should already be slightly ...
Instead of removing those concrete front steps, save some time by building a wood deck over and around them. A well designed front porch or deck is an inviting feature on most homes.