Deck Over Flat Roof Garage

A deck atop your garage may well save money compared to a deck build separate from your garage.

Deck over flat roof garage.

You can use 2x material laid flat or 4x material also as sleepers. Depending on the roofing system you put down if you choose a rubber membrane with seams arrange your deck so nothing is covering the seams and weakening them. You can do a floating deck and is really your only option. Otherwise one idea is to put another piece of material over your roof where you are placing the deck supports to help protect.

What s even better is the fact that building a deck over the roof could save you money as opposed to building one that s separate from the garage. This wooden deck was built over her screen porch and on top of a flat roof. 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. We are primarily installing two ply modified bitumen flat roofing systems.

However i would highly recommend that you consider a that the epdm is lying flat on the roof subfloor without any sharp objects that can puncture the edpm once sleepers are laid over top and placed under load. If you already have one of these types of roofs you could potentially cover the existing roof with pvc vinyl decking on top of a flat hard surface but you re much better off taking the roof down and starting over with a high quality vinyl decking material. You can build a deck on a garage provided you have a garage with a flat roof or if you plan to build a garage that will be adjacent to the house but below the level of the main floor. First you must make sure the roof is strong enough to support 55 lbs per square foot.

When we do install wood decks over the flat roofs we ensure they are floating so that there is no punture or penetration of the rubber membrane. Building a deck over a flat roof is very similar to building a deck over a concrete patio. The garage is over 10 years old so the contractor will be installing a board or required product underneath it to protect it. The value of a roof deck.

When installed properly as a floating deck a deck can sit on the roofing membrane. I ll be reviewing the bison products pedestal and deck tile system on this episode of the build show. It s pitched 1 4 inch per foot but without a spirit level you can t really tell. It s not really flat.

If your garage has a flat roof or if you re planning to build a garage that s next to your home but below the level of the main floor it s entirely possible to build a deck on your garage roof.