It is also a good way to cover up peeling paint slight chipping and discolored concrete.
Install wood deck over concrete porch.
Follow proper safety precautions including wearing eye protection when using power tools.
Part 5 finished front porch floor wood front porch built over existing concrete porch.
Conceal each anchor in decking with a plug cut from a composite decking board.
The two most common wood flooring choices for porches are 5 4 treated decking and traditional tongue and groove floorboards.
Sweep decking clean of all debris.
Without it water soaks the tops of the sleepers and the decking prevents the wood from drying.
Trim the plugs flush with a sharp chisel.
Since our concrete was in good condition and would offer a solid base we decided to keep it and just cover it all with wood.
Part 2 wood front porch progress.
In these cases some people choose to replace a deck with a patio.
Set up a sleeper system.
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Whatever your reasons adding a wood floor to your concrete porch is a fairly simple operation.
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.
Installing deck flooring on a cement patio my husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house.
Gravel sand dirt and concrete pavers are not suitable materials upon which to install the sleepers and decking because the sleepers are not sturdy enough to span gaps as with a normal raised deck.
If you are considering other major improvements for your property a new patio would give you more flexibility and lower your total expenses.
A sleeper system is a substructure made up of joists that sits on the surface of the concrete below the decking.
Part 3 more front porch progress.
Common grades of treated lumber will rot if kept permanently damp and flashing tape is the best insurance against that.
To install a composite deck over concrete you re going to need a sleeper system.
The new wood porch floor is finished.
The average cost to install a patio is a little over 3 000 compared to the 7 000 average cost to build a new deck.
Replacing the concrete deck with wood could have been done in one of two ways.
Install the sleepers directly on the concrete.
Doors that open onto the patio may need to be raised.
Installing decking over a concrete patio raises the level of the patio.
The old patio s surface must be solid and reasonably flat.
Installing deck boards over sleepers is just like installing them over standard deck framing.
Part 4 critter proofing and installing the porch boards.
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.
