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New2NYC
in Decks and Porches 11 years ago
Recommendations for visible backyard deck - historic district
Hi all. We are planning on building a deck off the first floor in the backyard. Backyard is 32 feet. Deck will have stairs for…
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elanag1
in Decks and Porches 12 years and 1 month ago
Stairs from a 2nd floor to garden?
I am buying a 2-family, where the owner apartment is 2nd and 3rd floor, rental apartment is on the 1st floor, and access to the…
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karolnyc
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 2 months ago
Architect recommendation for roofdeck?
Hi, I’m looking for an architect recommendation to deck our roof. I’ve contacted about 10 architects recommended by various acquaintances and have only heard back…
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BrooklynChicken
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 2 months ago
What to do with the low, dark space under the deck?
Because our yard is high, our soon-to-be reconstructed and expanded rear parlour-floor brownstone deck will have a space underneath it that will be only about…
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steve222
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 4 months ago
Non-combustible roof decking material (wood-look)
I’m looking to put a deck on our roof. With real wood not being up to code (beyond 1/3 of the surface as far as…
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Seblicious
in Decks and Porches 12 years and 11 months ago
Custom stainless steel fabricator for deck island?
Looking for recommendations based on personal experience. We are building a deck that will have a custom island – stainless steel front that accepts two…
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bedstuybrownstone
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 5 months ago
How much did you pay for your roof deck?
Hello! Just putting my feelers out there to see if this is financially realistic at all for me. How much did you pay for your…
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remsensleep
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 6 months ago
Best material for a coffered ceiling under a deck
I want to install a coffered ceiling with recessed lights and a fan on the under side of the concrete deck above. What is the…
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lincolnpark
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 7 months ago
Recommendations for contractor to install lightweight pavers on rooftop deck?
Hi, we have a small rooftop deck on the top floor of a 4 story walk-up on the UWS in Mannhattan. Any recommendations / advice…
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willythree
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 9 months ago
Roof deck tiles?
I recently purchased a house in north park slope and the roof is in need of decking to protect the membrane if it is to…
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ilovestoops
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 9 months ago
need stain expert to stain porch "ceiling"
5 yrs ago had “ceiling” of porch stained white but accidentally didn’t use opaque stain (Cabot exterior stain used). Need to re-stain it and want…
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kensington63
in Decks and Porches 11 years and 9 months ago
Deck and Porch Recommendation: Lopopolo
Hey just wanted to recommend an iron contractor we had a good experience with erecting our parlour-level deck in the fall. Lopopolo, most importantly to…
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gbcvr
in Decks and Porches 12 years and 9 months ago
Looking for good contractor for buildng roof deck
I’d like to build a wood or Trex deck on our townhouse roof — does anyone have a recently used deck builder they could recommend? …
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brooklynbemused
in Decks and Porches 13 years and 8 months ago
Recommendations for new deck and door conversion
http://cdn.brownstoner.com/50042a9158651-.jpg Hi all I am in the final stages of a deck project and have had a good experience with everyone that worked on the…
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ebsjb
in Decks and Porches 12 years ago
Landmark requirements for roof deck?
I would like to build a roof deck on the extension of our brownstone, and I have been told that Landmarks requires only certain materials…
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brooklyn2014
in Decks and Porches 12 years and 1 month ago
Bulkhead
Hello, Does anyone have an experience with bulkhead repair/replacement? Thank you
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jeanmarine2
in Decks and Porches 12 years and 10 months ago
Door question - fiberglass, wood etc
Any suggestons for a type of outswing door for the high second floor deck we are having put up (and then doing a window to…
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gooberfish
in Decks and Porches 12 years and 2 months ago
Fire Escape/Deck Fiasco
Desperately seeking some wisdom from the ever-clever Brownstoner community, and sorry in advance for the longish post. About 8 months ago we bought a small…
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