Installing deck flooring on a cement patio.
Wood floor over concrete porch.
I currently have a wood floor on my porch and wish it was either cement or brick.
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.
Ipe is a stable low flexing high structural strength exotic hardwood.
My husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house.
Covering a concrete porch with wood provides a warmer cozier feel.
Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring.
Tiles are made of 8 air dried wood face slats held together with 3 hardwood runners affixed with stainless steel screws.
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Within a day our.
Ripping up concrete and building a deck seemed like a daunting and expensive task so when we saw newtechwood deck a floor we thought it would be absolutely perfect for our space.
My front porch floor is finished.
And i am absolutely thrilled with how it turned out.
Part 1 covering an existing concrete porch with wood.
Install tiles to resurface worn out decks concrete slabs porches walkways balconies roof tops or patios.
Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in.
If you follow the white trim board at the bottom it s pretty obvious how unlevel the porch is.
Over the 70 years since the concrete porch was poured the porch has moved and sunk a bit on the left side towards the front door and is no longer level.