Drill holes through each counterbore.
Building a deck over concrete front porch.
They run perpendicular to the actual deck boards and elevate the surface slightly allowing the decking to avoid contact with the ground.
One is to place sleepers or treated joists over the concrete slabs adjust the heights to account for the differences in the slabs to make them equal in height.
They are called sleepers because they rest on the concrete.
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.
In this video i am going to show you how to build a deck right over an existing concrete slab.
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.
Thick pvc trim 3 16 x 3 1 4 in.
You would then cover the sleepers with either deck boards or a high quality exterior plywood.
Concrete screws decking flashing tape plastic shims self leveling compound treated 2x4s.
Apply foam adhesive to back of trim.
Counterbore holes in pvc trim with inch diameter spade bit.
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To cover the ends of the sleepers install deck fascia board.
Cut pvc trim boards to wrap around stoop using circular saw.
Instead of removing those concrete front steps save some time by building a wood deck over and around them.
Replacing the concrete deck with wood could have been done in one of two ways.
Sleepers are apparently the name for the beams supporting the deck surface laid directly atop the concrete.
If you have a concrete slab that is in good shape it is very e.