If you d like to build a deck over your roof make sure the roof has a covering that allows water to run off.
How to build a deck over the roof.
Obtain the requirements for a deck above a sloped roof from your jurisdiction s permits office.
Even if your roof has a slight pitch you can level it off through the construction of the deck s understructure.
Now there s been quite a trend over the last few years for people to move back to downtown areas.
You ll most likely be able to build the deck on that.
Place pier blocks so that the posts will be against the inside of the support frame.
Strips of 4 in wide epdm provide a layer of protection between the sleepers and the roof.
The posts should stack directly above a support post below and not within the span of a beam.
As you can see the guys are getting a great start on the framework for our new rooftop deck.
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If the posts supporting the roofs are placed directly on the deck structure below there are a few considerations to make.
Be sure that the deck floor frame is at least as thick as the entire cross section of the post above and below.
The sleepers aren t fastened in place and the floor floats.
Relay to your architect any special setbacks such as rules that the front of the deck start 8 feet behind the roof ridgeline or that the height of the deck be no more than 2 feet above the midpoint between the gable and the rear of the roof.
How to build your own deck roof.