One is to demolish your concrete patio completely and then build a wooden one as the replacement of concrete base.
Building a wood deck on a concrete slab.
There are three common foundations if you choose to build a wooden deck.
You can build a raised deck over concrete base in two ways.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.
Concrete screws decking flashing tape plastic shims self leveling compound treated 2x4s.
For a good conditioned concrete base building a raised deck is easy.
This part is relatively easy.
In this guide we ll provide you with basic instructions to help install a composite deck over concrete.
The material should be pretty obvious wood.
The added 5 makes building a wood deck possible if you do it right along with a little bit of additional work.
Demolishing it and replacing it with new poured concrete is an economical but extremely labor intensive process.
When you go buy your.
Set up a sleeper system.
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.
My husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house.
Instead consider covering your aging concrete patio with decking.
A sleeper system is a substructure made up of joists that sits on the surface of the concrete below the decking.
In our case we just had an old.
And plenty of it.
But first let s discuss each of the possible building options.
An old cracked partially sunken concrete patio can be an eyesore if not a safety hazard.
Building a wooden deck over a concrete one step 1.
Installing deck flooring on a cement patio.
To install a composite deck over concrete you re going to need a sleeper system.
Or you can use the slab as the base of the deck and use wood as the top of this deck.