But you can t just put wood porch deck boards directly onto concrete.
Build deck on concrete porch.
He had a small concrete porch with six concrete stairs.
Sunk posts for support and attached railings.
Covered the porch useing your method but extended it across the front of the house.
And plenty of it.
In our case we just had an old.
The 3 4 5 rule for how to build a deck use the 3 4 5 rule which is actually an algebraic equation a squared b squared c squared when squaring a single corner of a porch or deck.
The material should be pretty obvious wood.
All cracked and spalling.
To ensure your boards are 90 degrees to each other make a mark at 3 feet on one board from the end and mark the other at 4 feet from the same point.
Did a similar project with my son in law.
Cut pvc trim boards to wrap around stoop using circular saw.
If you have a concrete slab that is in good shape it is very e.
It is like putting a puzzle together.
First you lay the grid pieces down.
This deck a floor system is so neat.
Preparation and installing runners and skirts.
Then the deck flooring boards literally snap into place on the clip in accessories.
Installing a multi color deck over concrete 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.
In this video i am going to show you how to build a deck right over an existing concrete slab.
On top of the grids you place the clip in accessories according to the instructions.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to deck over a concrete stoop.
When you go buy your.
One by one board by board it starts to come together.
Concrete screws decking flashing tape plastic shims self leveling compound treated 2x4s.
To cover the ends of the sleepers install deck fascia board.
Counterbore holes in pvc trim with inch diameter spade bit.
First you have to attach risers sleepers to the concrete and then the porch boards can be screwed to the risers.
Building a wooden deck over a concrete one step 1.
So the plan yesterday was to get all of the risers sleepers attached to the porch.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.