Is this Possible?

[Ben_82]

Gday. Plan on extending the house. More specifically bricking in under the back deck (see attached pic). The only concern is somehow sealing the upstairs deck, as it is not inclosed, so that the ground floor ceiling, which will be a kitchen/bathroom, won't be affected by rain.

Is this even possible? If so what's the best way at going about it? Would it mean enclosing the upstairs deck? This would be a last resort.

I plan on going through council so I guess a few tubes of selastic is out of the question

Cheers!

Ben

[Mahaylea]

I am not a builder (I am an owner builder) but I know we had to have an engineer sign off on all structural areas ie: just before the concrete was poured for the floor, once again just before the concrete was poured for the upstairs slab, and once again when the roof carpenter had done his job. We had both architech plans for the renovation, and engineer plans for those 3 stages. These all went through council aswell..

I am sure there is a way of doing it, good luck getting some better advice

[Barry_White]

Bill

Somewhere in the forum there was quite a discussion and some suggestions on how to weather proof under a deck.

If you do a search on the forum you may find it.

If I come across it I will post a link to it. You may find something in there to simplefy the problem.

[old_picker]

I have built a couple of houses and many sheds, chookhouses, outhouses, sh#thouses, shed extenders etc.
I would build the under part with a skillion roof at the minimum fall permissible as if the deck was'nt there. I would start with say 50 mil clearance at the high end. plumb it with spouting etc. You would have to pull the boards up to lay the roofing. When the roof is on simply lay the decking staright over the top. Any stormwater would run through boards onto roof and down to the stormy.

That would work but the building inspector might lot like it.

[old_picker]

Oh and if I was up the bush I would just do it and not even bother with a permit.

[joe greiner]

Trying to convert the deck would be an exercise in frustration, including trying to get approval. I agree with rayc: a separate roof would be much simpler, and function better too.

Joe

[Ben_82]

Thanks all for the advice!

Barry_White: I done a search and found this thread...

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...ad.php?t=14341

A skillion roof sounds logical.

Keep the ideas commin if anyone has any.