You can avoid the cost and mess of tearing it out by just screwing down wood sleepers and decking over it.
Can you build a wood deck over a concrete porch.
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.
Drive concrete screws into each hole with an impact driver.
Replacing the concrete deck with wood could have been done in one of two ways.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to deck over a concrete stoop.
You can visit our installation page for detailed instructions on timbertech decking lines.
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.
The added 5 makes building a wood deck possible if you do it right along with a little bit of additional work.
Cut pvc trim boards to wrap around stoop using circular saw.
But first let s discuss each of the possible building options.
There are three common foundations if you choose to build a wooden deck.
If you remove the existing patio or concrete slab you will have an added 5 to build your deck.
Counterbore holes in pvc trim with inch diameter spade bit.
Next you can install your capped composite deck over concrete like you would if were installing the boards on a traditional deck.