First i washed the deck with some wood deck cleaner just to remove any leftover residue from processing.
Building a wood deck over concrete porch.
I finished off the deck surface with a trim of 2 4 s to cover the ends of the sleepers and that was it.
Preparation and installing runners and skirts.
Concrete screws decking flashing tape plastic shims self leveling compound treated 2x4s.
Check the drainage of the concrete patio.
Sweep decking clean of all debris.
The remaining steps were all pretty simple if a bit time consuming.
Fill in any spots where rainwater pools with either self leveling.
This part is relatively easy.
One is to demolish your concrete patio completely and then build a wooden one as the replacement of concrete base.
When you go buy your.
Attach the wood composite decking to the top of the concrete stoop using the same masonry anchors.
They will run perpendicular to the decking material.
How to build a wood deck over a concrete patio step 1.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.
Conceal each anchor in decking with a plug cut from a composite decking board.
In our case we just had an old.
Or you can use the slab as the base of the deck and use wood as the top of this deck.
Plan the layout of your sleepers.
You can build a raised deck over concrete base in two ways.
And plenty of it.
The material should be pretty obvious wood.