Cover Concrete Porch With Wood
Covering a concrete porch with wood provides a warmer cozier feel.
Cover concrete porch with wood. It is also a good way to cover up peeling paint slight chipping and discolored concrete. Try this method to beautify the entrance to your home. The deck was in. First i washed the deck with some wood deck cleaner just to remove any leftover residue from processing.
Cut pvc trim boards to wrap around stoop using circular saw. Conceal the cement patio with modular wood tiles. But you can t just put wood porch deck boards directly onto concrete. It is also a good way to cover up peeling paint slight chipping and discolored concrete.
Whatever your reasons adding a wood floor to your concrete porch is a fairly simple operation. If the concrete itself isn t damaged you can change the look a lot with this simple diy project. The two most common wood flooring choices for porches are 5 4 treated decking and traditional tongue and groove floorboards. These interlocking wood tiles are specifically made for use as an outdoor floor material.
Have an ugly concrete step and porch. The remaining steps were all pretty simple if a bit time consuming. Videos you watch may be added to. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to deck over a concrete stoop.
Whatever your reasons adding a wood floor to your concrete porch is a fairly simple operation. To install a composite deck over concrete you re going to need a sleeper system. Covering a concrete porch with wood provides a warmer cozier feel. First you have to attach risers sleepers to the concrete and then the porch boards can be screwed to the risers.
A sleeper system is a substructure made up of joists that sits on the surface of the concrete below the decking. Select a style and finish lay them out over the surface of the cement patio and lock them into one another creating a non permanent and attractive patio floor covering. In this guide we ll provide you with basic instructions to help install a composite deck over concrete. Counterbore holes in pvc trim with inch diameter spade bit.
If playback doesn t begin shortly try restarting your device. So the plan yesterday was to get all of the risers sleepers attached to the porch. Set up a sleeper system.