Today s homeowner with danny lipford the voice of home improvement with projects tips and ideas to help you improve your home.
How to build a deck over the roof.
And developers are finding old buildings.
Strips of 4 in wide epdm provide a layer of protection between the sleepers and the roof.
You ll most likely be able to build the deck on that.
As you can see the guys are getting a great start on the framework for our new rooftop deck.
Be sure that the deck floor frame is at least as thick as the entire cross section of the post above and below.
If the posts supporting the roofs are placed directly on the deck structure below there are a few considerations to make.
The sleepers aren t fastened in place and the floor floats.
Even if your roof has a slight pitch you can level it off through the construction of the deck s understructure.
Whenever i install decking over a roof i make sure the framing is structurally sound and properly pitched to drain water.
Obtain the requirements for a deck above a sloped roof from your jurisdiction s permits office.
How to build your own deck roof.
If you d like to build a deck over your roof make sure the roof has a covering that allows water to run off.
Now there s been quite a trend over the last few years for people to move back to downtown areas.
Place pier blocks so that the posts will be against the inside of the support frame.