The 1 by 6 treated pine deck boards on the bottom step had to be cut to fit around the bottom railing beam.
Wood deck over concrete stairs.
Have an ugly concrete step and porch.
Cut pvc trim boards to wrap around stoop using circular saw.
A sleeper system is a substructure made up of joists that sits on the surface of the concrete below the decking.
They rest on a solid foundation and are attached to the deck with hangers.
Decks are popular backyard features but they also make for dramatic front entries.
We cut it into the same shape as the stringers except extended it all the way to the ground.
Wood decking and railings.
You can treat them just like the patio screwing sleepers to the treads and risers and decking over them.
A concrete stoop with steps can be a formidable obstacle when trying to build a deck.
This deck already has wood decking and deck railings installed.
Counterbore holes in pvc trim with inch diameter spade bit.
In this guide we ll provide you with basic instructions to help install a composite deck over concrete.
This was the same ramset that we used to nail the plywood subfloor over the newly poured concrete in the breakfast room you can read more about that here and it worked perfectly for.
Deck stairs are typically made from 2 x 12 stringers spaced about 12 to 16 inches apart.
To keep step heights equal you ll have to raise the treads by the same distance you raise the patio 2 1 2 to 3 1 2 in.
Stairs connected to the patio can complicate this project.
Instead of removing those concrete front steps save some time by building a wood deck over and around them.
Some builders choose to build over the stoop instead.
Try this method to beautify the entrance to your home.
That time it also split the wood and cracked a very top thin layer off of the concrete meaning that the nail wasn t actually embedded into the concrete.
Apply foam adhesive to back of trim.
Most of the time you will need to break the concrete apart using a sledge hammer or jack hammer and haul the debris away.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to deck over a concrete stoop.
Learn the details in how to build a deck.
On concrete steps that s a straightforward job.
A massive concrete stoop will be difficult to remove.