How To Build A Floating Deck With A Roof

The crew builds a pair of decks that appear to float above a manmade creek.

How to build a floating deck with a roof.

By paul wa i have an interesting problem. Build a floating deck. Step 1 dycr107. Building a floating deck on an epdm rubber roof surface.

I am taking a 25x25 roof over a garage that was done in decking then tile and leaked. I read somewhere that the act of taking a step up gives you the illusion of being in a different place i wanted to create a different place in our yard but because of our low fence walls and our hoa s rules against having anything go above the fence walls i knew that the different place would have to be low to the ground. A floating deck is a deck that isn t attached to a building and they float above the ground. How to build a floating deck.

Building a roof over a deck not only provides shade from the blazing sun and shelter from light to heavy rains it can also protect the deck itself from deteriorating under harsh weather conditions. This type of deck can only be made in areas that do not have a deep winter frost. Introduction level the area. There are many covered deck ideas most of which start at a level slat roof with drainage or spaces and can advance to pitched and shingled roofs that add a pleasing aesthetic to a roof and the.

They are sometimes called grade level or freestanding decks because they re built just above the ground level or grade. A stand alone roof could have been constructed but would have looked decidedly odd next to the garage but not a part of it. Excavate the area for the floating deck then using a laser level move dirt until ground is level. Building a floating deck 01 07.

Here is how i built a deck in my backyard it s a floating deck which means it simply rests on blocks at ground level and is not anchored deeply in the ground. I tore everything up replaced the wood that needed it and built up the base and covered everything in epdm.