Mike Rathe
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- Messages
- 22
- Location
- Columbia, SC
I have some questions for you guys,
Heres the situation, Im getting ready to put sod down in my backyard, and already have flower beds and all that good stuff, but all I have is a 12x13 slab of concrete that is pretty bad looking. I also added some pavers to make the slab a little bigger and give me some room for my grill, the pavers are in there with a sand/topping mix that gets pretty hard and these will not be easy to remove if thats what I want to do, they are bordered by 4x4's, the extra paver patio makes the total slab about 12 x 19. And these pavers are not perfectly level. So my idea was to put a small low deck directly over the concrete slab, I think this would just add a lot to the yard. So heres what I was thinking about doing. First I would put down several 2x4's running perpendicular to the house, I was thinking using a Powder Actuated nailer, Then I would put (5/4 x 6 x not sure yet) over the 2x4's. I think this would work fine and probably be able to get done in no time at all, but I dont want to only do this over the original slab, I want to make it big enough to actually use, but I am not sure what to do about the pavers and how I should go over these, I dont want to spend a ton of money on this project, but I want it to look good and do it right. Any suggestions on what you guys think I should do. Thanks a ton!
Heres the situation, Im getting ready to put sod down in my backyard, and already have flower beds and all that good stuff, but all I have is a 12x13 slab of concrete that is pretty bad looking. I also added some pavers to make the slab a little bigger and give me some room for my grill, the pavers are in there with a sand/topping mix that gets pretty hard and these will not be easy to remove if thats what I want to do, they are bordered by 4x4's, the extra paver patio makes the total slab about 12 x 19. And these pavers are not perfectly level. So my idea was to put a small low deck directly over the concrete slab, I think this would just add a lot to the yard. So heres what I was thinking about doing. First I would put down several 2x4's running perpendicular to the house, I was thinking using a Powder Actuated nailer, Then I would put (5/4 x 6 x not sure yet) over the 2x4's. I think this would work fine and probably be able to get done in no time at all, but I dont want to only do this over the original slab, I want to make it big enough to actually use, but I am not sure what to do about the pavers and how I should go over these, I dont want to spend a ton of money on this project, but I want it to look good and do it right. Any suggestions on what you guys think I should do. Thanks a ton!