Installing Door to Deck
I had a deck built behind my parlor floor last year, but still need to have a door installed. (I want to put it where there’s currently a window.) I’m having the classic problem: it’s easier to find a contractor to do a whole house than to do a small job. Can anyone recommend somebody…
I had a deck built behind my parlor floor last year, but still need to have a door installed. (I want to put it where there’s currently a window.) I’m having the classic problem: it’s easier to find a contractor to do a whole house than to do a small job. Can anyone recommend somebody to do the job?
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Try Seth at Speedy Fix it (www.speedyfixit.com). He’s totally reasonable and specialises in little jobs.
My brownstone has a porch off the parlor. In order to gain access to the porch, the windows were replaced with ‘stock’ 36 inch French Doors on either side. Since the windows are so much taller than the average door, the remaining overheight space is filled with a single pane window.
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I don’t have much info to help you, but- We’re thinking about doing this, too, and I’ve wondered why more houses in the neighborhood don’t have decks on top. I know there’s the liability issue, but still.
We’ve talked to an architect about it, and he told us that the main issue is not the sq. footage but the weight and its distribution.
What you don’t want is for there to be a lot of weight resting disproportionately on any one spot, because that’ll make your roof leak. So the best way to get around that, apparently, is to a) use wood that’s lightweight but strong, and b) distribute the weight evenly. You do that by letting most of the weight rest on supports at the edges of the roof and distributing the rest as evenly as possible over the surface of the deck.
I know I’ve heard discussion about what wood works best, but I don’t know the answer to that one. I’m interested in other people’s ideas.
Also, this may be crazy, but–we have a pipe dream of putting a green roof on our house as part of the roof deck. (http://www.greenroofs.com/Greenroofs101/faqs.htm)
If anyone has experience w/ this, I’d love to hear about that, too
I use Park Slope Craftsman for my small jobs. I’ll be the 1st to admit that their prices are heart-stopping. However, if you have a small carpentry job and it’s something you really need done the right way – they are good at what they do. And oftentimes, carpentry is wayyyy more complicated than us laymen realize. On some things, like a door, an inexperienced hack can create more trouble than the savings are worth.