While a cement porch is obviously rock solid and virtually maintenance free it s not homey attractive or inviting.
Wood deck over concrete front porch.
First you have to attach risers sleepers to the concrete and then the porch boards can be screwed to the risers.
Cut pvc trim boards to wrap around stoop using circular saw.
Preparation and installing runners and skirts.
Like every other front porch in our housing development and come to think of it every front porch on every house or apartment we ve ever lived in it s made of cement okay technically concrete but whatever.
When you go buy your.
So the plan yesterday was to get all of the risers sleepers attached to the porch.
Drill holes through each counterbore.
The material should be pretty obvious wood.
Run bead of hot melt glue across miter joints and press trim board against stoop.
Concrete screws decking flashing tape plastic shims self leveling compound treated 2x4s.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.
And plenty of it.
If you have an old concrete patio that looks dingy and old you are probably considering adding a new wood deck over the top of your old concrete porch.
But you can t just put wood porch deck boards directly onto concrete.
Apply foam adhesive to back of trim.
In our case we just had an old.