So I have a 2nd floor deck and...under it is a sitting area plus two doors, concrete pad. Is there a practical way to make my deck a kind of roof so rain water isn't drizzling down onto this sitting area?idea 1: caulk the gapsidea 2: some type of metal sub floor under the deck acting as a water catch. The deck itself isnt huge, something like 7 by 15 feet. Looking for ideas that are simple.
Could you get one of those retractable awning deals and hook it to the house and have a place to hook it slightly lower at the deck support poles so it slopes and diverts the water out? Also that way you could retract it when it isn't raining and keep leaves and dirt from getting built up under the deck. If you did steel under the deck I'm afraid it would catch debris and cause the deck to rot after a while...
buy some corrugated plastic and hang it underneath...
>>2966309Just hand some waterproof canvas under the deck. Make sure there's a bit of slope away from the house to it doesn't just collect water.
>>2966319get some of this shit, but cover the upper deck with a frame built off the deck, that extends past the deck in both directions.then use same, or maybe glass blocks, to make walls with doorway.
>>2966309Either corrugated sheetmetal panels, under the deck and sloped a few degrees, or a root over the whole thing. Caulking's out - the wood will shrink and expand and pull away from the caulk.
>>2966309A number of companies make a vinyl ceiling product exactly for this. Install on underside of joists with spacers to create a slight slope, then install gutter on the low edge. You could make something similar yourself using some kind of corrugated panels which is probably cheaper than the purpose-built stuff.
>>2967931You can also use the membrane type rain ceiling that goes between the decking and joists, but you'd really only use this if it's a new deck or you're replacing the decking.
