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Building a wood deck on a concrete slab.
If you remove the existing patio or concrete slab you will have an added 5 to build your deck.
For a good conditioned concrete base building a raised deck is easy.
Preparation and installing runners and skirts.
This part is relatively easy.
Demolishing it and replacing it with new poured concrete is an economical but extremely labor intensive process.
But first let s discuss each of the possible building options.
There are three common foundations if you choose to build a wooden deck.
One is to demolish your concrete patio completely and then build a wooden one as the replacement of concrete base.
The added 5 makes building a wood deck possible if you do it right along with a little bit of additional work.
A sleeper system is a substructure made up of joists that sits on the surface of the concrete below the decking.
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Installing deck flooring on a cement patio.
Building a wooden deck over a concrete one step 1.
Instead consider covering your aging concrete patio with decking.
To install a composite deck over concrete you re going to need a sleeper system.
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.
Set up a sleeper system.
When you go buy your.
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.
Or you can use the slab as the base of the deck and use wood as the top of this deck.
You can build a raised deck over concrete base in two ways.
An old cracked partially sunken concrete patio can be an eyesore if not a safety hazard.
My husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house.