Part 1 covering an existing concrete porch with wood.
Wood floor over concrete porch.
Ipe is a stable low flexing high structural strength exotic hardwood.
It is also a good way to cover up peeling paint slight chipping and discolored concrete.
And i am absolutely thrilled with how it turned out.
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.
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.
Installing deck flooring on a cement patio.
Covering a concrete porch with wood provides a warmer cozier feel.
If you missed the previous posts about this project you can click the links below to read the details.
My husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house.
Whatever your reasons adding a wood floor to your concrete porch is a fairly simple operation.
If you follow the white trim board at the bottom it s pretty obvious how unlevel the porch is.
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.
Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in.
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.
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.