Deck over concrete

If you've ever thought about turning your cement porch into a wood deck, it's surprisingly easy! Here are some thoughts, tips, & photos from our experience!

If you've ever thought about turning your cement porch into a wood deck, it's surprisingly easy! Here are some thoughts, tips, & photos from our experience!

Le beau temps est de retour… c’est le moment de profiter de votre terrasse en bois ! Mais avez-vous pensé à la nettoyer avant d’installer vos équipements de jardin ?

How to build a deck over an existing patio slab with low clearance.

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My front porch floor is finished! And I am absolutely thrilled with how it turned out. My old, ugly, original concrete porch has now been covered over with a gorgeous wood porch that adds so much character to the front of my house. If you missed the previous posts about this project, you can click the links below to read the details. Part 1 – Covering an Existing Concrete Porch With Wood Part 2 – Wood Front Porch Progress Part 3 – More Front Porch Progress Part 4 – Critter-proofing and…

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I found this click in deck patio on overstock site. I got them on sale and started my project. I loved it so much that I added rugs and all I need is new patio…

My brother and I only got halfway done with what I had hoped to accomplish yesterday, but we learned a lot along the way. The big picture goal here is that I’ll be covering my existing concrete front porch with wood so that I can stain it and it will look like a traditional wood front porch. But you can’t just put wood porch/deck boards directly onto concrete. First, you have to attach risers/sleepers to the concrete and then the porch boards can be screwed to the risers. So the plan…

In this video, I built my first composite decking using Trex composite boards. You can find the material list, hardware needed and tools I used below. I spen...