Lenny1978
2020-04-21 17:47:32
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Hello everyone,
I am planning to renovate our old terrace with paving stones and build a wooden terrace on top of it.
This raises some construction questions, and I hope that one or the other with expertise can maybe help me.
Regarding the key data:
The terrace (3 x 6 m) consists – as described above – of paving stones and is 30 years old.
The terrace is very low (sunk?). The distance (see photo) from the door threshold to the paving is a full 15 cm. This must be bridged to achieve a “ground-level” terrace. In addition, there is a depression of several cm in one place on the terrace where water collects during heavy rain and it takes a very long time to drain. (see photo, here I have placed a wooden board over the depression for illustration.)
The light well also worries me during the planning (see photo).
So here are my questions:
I would be very happy to receive answers.
Best regards
Lenny

I am planning to renovate our old terrace with paving stones and build a wooden terrace on top of it.
This raises some construction questions, and I hope that one or the other with expertise can maybe help me.
Regarding the key data:
The terrace (3 x 6 m) consists – as described above – of paving stones and is 30 years old.
The terrace is very low (sunk?). The distance (see photo) from the door threshold to the paving is a full 15 cm. This must be bridged to achieve a “ground-level” terrace. In addition, there is a depression of several cm in one place on the terrace where water collects during heavy rain and it takes a very long time to drain. (see photo, here I have placed a wooden board over the depression for illustration.)
The light well also worries me during the planning (see photo).
So here are my questions:
[*]Is it basically possible/advisable to lay the wooden terrace on pedestals in this case? The stability of the substructure would certainly be given then, but the unevenness (especially the mentioned depression) is quite pronounced. Or would the paving have to be laboriously removed? I have little to no desire for that.
[*]Does the depression pose dangers during rain? I understand that the substructure must not lie in water. Due to the pedestals, it certainly wouldn’t. But what about water that enters the depression through the gaps of the terrace during rain? It would surely take a long time for the water to drain there. Would that be problematic? Or would most of the rainwater run off over the terrace? Not much water should flow onto the paving through the gaps, right?
[*]The light well (30 years old) has a strange width of 112 cm. I have read about light well covers, but they all have “standard sizes.” Is it too simple to just build the wooden terrace over it and then install a second light well cover? But how? Cutting out would damage the substructure, wouldn’t it? Remodeling the light well? That would certainly call the load-bearing capacity into question, right?
I would be very happy to receive answers.
Best regards
Lenny