As you can see the guys are getting a great start on the framework for our new rooftop deck.
How to install a deck over a flat roof.
Place the deck planks every 6 inches which will leave a small gap between each plank.
You must make sure you have adequate drainage between the sleepers.
It s pitched 1 4 inch per foot but without a spirit level you can t really tell.
A roof deck is almost certainly going to be required by law to have handrails.
The specific requirements will vary from one location to another.
I am taking a 25x25 roof over a garage that was done in decking then tile and leaked.
By paul wa i have an interesting problem.
This wooden deck was built over her screen porch and on top of a flat roof.
This will provide the surface for you to attach the decking.
This will provide the surface for you to attach the decking.
This was done as a change order and when i got to the county to revise the permit they gave me a really hard time about uplift on the deck as it floated.
I set strips set sleepers on as a double layer.
Even there was only a 1 1 2 gap at the lower end.
You must make sure the roof joists are sized for a floor load.
Building a floating deck on an epdm rubber roof surface.
Then you will install sleepers or flat 2x6s laid flat every 16 on top of the roof surface.
Push fit easyfix shoes at gaps of 400mm down the length of timber battens 8 per m2 recommended.
Then you will install sleepers or flat 2x6s laid flat every 16 on top of the roof surface.
Strips of 4 in wide epdm provide a layer of protection between the sleepers and the roof.
Now there s been quite a trend over the last few years for people to move back to downtown areas.
Install the 14 inch pieces as braces throughout the joists with a staggered row extending across the center of the deck.
I tore everything up replaced the wood that needed it and built up the base and covered everything in epdm.
I m sure you ve seen the stuff 3 1 2 wide by 8 long asphalt impregnated fiberboard.
And developers are finding old buildings.
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Screwed 5 4 timber tech to the sleepers.
Screw this up and you ve got a problem.
The sleepers aren t fastened in place and the floor floats.
Next you will need to install a watertight epmd rubber membrane over the top of the roof deck for protection against water infiltration in place of roofing materials.
It s not really flat.
Years of neglect and lack of gutter coverage above the deck had destroyed not only the deck but a window and the sidewall as well.
Nail the planks in place.
Building a deck over a flat roof is very similar to building a deck over a concrete patio.
The last roof deck i did was over a torch down roof.
Step 5 add handrails.
Installing deck on a flat roof tips.
