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