You would then cover the sleepers with either deck boards or a high quality exterior plywood.
Building a deck over concrete front porch.
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.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.
Cut pvc trim boards to wrap around stoop using circular saw.
One is to place sleepers or treated joists over the concrete slabs adjust the heights to account for the differences in the slabs to make them equal in height.
They are called sleepers because they rest on the concrete.
Concrete screws decking flashing tape plastic shims self leveling compound treated 2x4s.
To cover the ends of the sleepers install deck fascia board.
Run bead of hot melt glue across miter joints and press trim board against stoop.
Counterbore holes in pvc trim with inch diameter spade bit.
Bring the beauty of timbertech to your backyard.
Drill holes through each counterbore.
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.
In this video i am going to show you how to build a deck right over an existing concrete slab.
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.
A well designed front porch or deck is an inviting feature on most homes.
Apply foam adhesive to back of trim.
If you have a concrete slab that is in good shape it is very e.
They run perpendicular to the actual deck boards and elevate the surface slightly allowing the decking to avoid contact with the ground.