Last year I had 4 roofs done.  This was among them.   It entailed a tear off and the suspension of the railing in the air while they swabbed a silicone layer over the old torchdown.

Now I am rebuilding the deck

This is the center spine which will carry a single line of decking material  the rest of the deck will be herringbone in  opposite directions

I think I'll try solid PVC with that fancy pants  hidden fastener.

Course that means I gotta block and build the sub to account for the fact that the decking won't contribute to structure.  The beastie is 20 feet by 40 feet

Looks like a nice place for the Jacuzzi! 

15 minutes ago, lew said:

Looks like a nice place for the Jacuzzi! 

 

an BBQ pit....

is your roof structure rated for the added dead weight of the deck structure?

Sounds like a very "fun" project

We now how you will be spending your Summer. 

On 3/10/2017 at 0:09 PM, lew said:

Looks like a nice place for the Jacuzzi! 

 

NEVER~!!!!!   I got a relative who owned one.  He got a fungus, a flesh eating one that in the last 20+ years has never healed. It'll probably kill him.

A hot tub requires too much maintenance for me.

 

 

On 3/10/2017 at 0:54 PM, DAB said:

is your roof structure rated for the added dead weight of the deck structure?

 

 

Oh yes.  There' a 19 Kips steel wideflange on three concrete piers  running down the middle of the 40' run.  The walls are 2x6 studs 16" on center, the joists are 2x10" and rest on plates and the steel wide-flange.  I've had 60 people dancing on that deck before. I've had 3 feet of wet snow being rained on.

 

 

Edited March 15, 20179 yr by Cliff

20 minutes ago, Cliff said:

 

 

Oh yes.  There' a 19 Kips steel wideflange on three concrete piers  running down the middle of the 40' run.  The walls are 2x6 studs 16" on center, the joists are 2x10" and rest on plates and the steel wide-flange.  I've had 60 people dancing on that deck before. I've had 3 feet of wet snow being rained on.

 

 

 

cool, just checking.

 

most roofs are only designed for about 40 lb/sf of live load (birds, snow, reindeer...), not a large Snoop Dogg dance party.