Drill pilot holes a maximum of 24 inches apart along the sleeper using a hammer drill to drill through the wood and into the concrete inch to inch deeper than the length of your screws.
Can you build a wood deck over a concrete porch.
The added 5 makes building a wood deck possible if you do it right along with a little bit of additional work.
There are three common foundations if you choose to build a wooden deck.
Replacing the concrete deck with wood could have been done in one of two ways.
Drive concrete screws into each hole with an impact driver.
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.
You can avoid the cost and mess of tearing it out by just screwing down wood sleepers and decking over it.
If you remove the existing patio or concrete slab you will have an added 5 to build your deck.
Is your old concrete patio an eyesore.
Cut pvc trim boards to wrap around stoop using circular saw.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to deck over a concrete stoop.
But first let s discuss each of the possible building options.
Counterbore holes in pvc trim with inch diameter spade bit.
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.