A screened back porch is protected from the elements and gives you a private area for entertaining and relaxing.
Flooring over concrete porch.
Screened porch flooring options for a concrete subfloor.
When adding a porch to your home concrete provides a low cost durable building material.
Like i mentioned concrete is one tough cookie.
Additional wood porch flooring options.
Ipe hardwood deck tiles are diy semi permanent or permanent modular tiles from managed sustainable forests.
Wood is still one of the preferred flooring materials for a porch despite their inherent need for maintenance when exposed to the elements.
Originally it was tiled then the tile was chiseled off and the pockmarked surface got a coat of paint.
This was the ultimate bad patio.
Installing deck flooring on a cement patio my husband harrison and i have wanted to change out our patio floor since the day we bought the house.
Lay 6 mil polyethylene sheeting over the concrete to minimize moisture migration from the concrete up into the wood flooring.
Install tiles to resurface worn out decks concrete slabs porches walkways balconies roof tops or patios.
Installing over concrete is much like installing over a joist system.
Luckily we ve got some great outdoor flooring ideas over concrete starting with building a deck.
Pros of concrete flooring.
Treated plywood to the concrete with concrete screws spaced every 16 in.
However it does have an unattractive drab appearance and over time it may begin to chip crack and show other signs of wear and tear.
Aeratis can be installed over concrete to and can convert a cracked concrete mess into a beautiful traditional front porch.
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.
I mean sweeping and hosing when it gets dirty it doesn t get much simpler than that.
If you do not have the space under the door to add a sleeper system review the direct to concrete installation instructions under the resources tab on the right hand side.
10 island pebbles tile is an excellent way to cover a concrete porch but there are many patterns to pick.
Fortunately you don t have to rip out your porch and build from scratch when you get tired of the look of concrete.
Alternatively screw rows of treated 1x4s to the concrete 16 in.
While porches built on a.
Severely cracked and cratered some areas raised by frost others sunken after 50 years of settling.
These smooth 24 in.