First i washed the deck with some wood deck cleaner just to remove any leftover residue from processing.
Extend concrete patio with wood deck.
For a top grade manufactured product.
Replacing a deck with a patio.
So the plan yesterday was to get all of the risers sleepers attached to the porch.
The new section can either be a step up or a step down.
Also we chose to extend on either side of the existing concrete so we wouldn t have to disturb any of the existing sprinkler heads that were in front of the concrete space since we have a sprinkler system in the front and back.
But you can t just put wood porch deck boards directly onto concrete.
For treated wood to more than 10 per sq.
The stakes should be strong and push against the frame.
Extend the concrete patio.
Extending and painting the cement pad.
The cost of building a patio deck depends mostly on the decking you choose.
First you have to attach risers sleepers to the concrete and then the porch boards can be screwed to the risers.
Continue lining the lumber on the perimeter until they are the same level as the current patio you are extending and make sure they re level.
Permits are required in many areas to pour concrete and that usually involves hiring a contractor driving the cost of this project into the thousands.
Another possibility is to restyle a slab patio as a deck.
Hammer wooden stakes outside the frame so that they provide support when you pour the concrete into the form.
Decking ranges from about 1 50 per sq.
Pouring additional concrete can get expensive.
The remaining steps were all pretty simple if a bit time consuming.
To save on time and money we left the existing concrete slab.
A deck extension is not difficult to build.
The deck was in.
There are reasons that you might decide that your deck really ought to be a patio.
An alternative to pouring more concrete is extending the concrete patio with pavers.
I finished off the deck surface with a trim of 2 4 s to cover the ends of the sleepers and that was it.
Patios can safely support or surround larger features such as an in ground pool or outdoor kitchen.
Extending a porch to the size of a deck or patio could be far more expensive.