Concrete / brick foundation and deck

hiring it out if we decide to proceed

No............oops is this forum only DIY?? sorry.

 

no... it has about a 4" slope... but you can't see it

if you want a crawl space for whatever reason, you're better off with a wood deck... concrete work ain't cheap

 

no, you're good here

i was just thinking out loud

 

maint.......

tired of the maintenance of a wood deck.

 

Sounds like you want to use light weight concrete in a 4" pour. That way you can still use a wood joist with a 3/4" T&G plywood deck and poly barrier under the LWC. Most of the mutli-family apartments built now days do it that way.

 

try this

new idea:

what about do the brick / block foundation but then use treated timbers for the joists and a composite floor decking??

 

i want to know the purpose of having a crawl space to begin with

 

here's the purpose

plans are to later make the deck into an enclosed sunroom w/ heating and A/C. trying to kill 2 birds w/ a single stone now. enjoy an outside deck now and later make the same space into an enclosed sunroom. I am on a slope and don't want to haul in fill dirt beneath a concrete slab deck / patio.

 

i want to know the purpose of having a crawl space to begin with

 

here's the guy that did my patio

AE Concrete
(704) 719-6388‎