Build a wooden terrace on the existing surface (paving)

  • Erstellt am 2020-04-21 17:47:32

Lenny1978

2020-04-21 17:47:32
  • #1
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:

    [*]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



 

nordanney

2020-04-21 20:13:43
  • #2

No problem at all. Use freezer bags and moistened screed/concrete (bagged goods). This is also often done by pragmatically minded landscapers.

Nope, it works now too.

Most of it flows through the gaps.

Do you really need the light well? Just build over it and that’s it.

Put an extension on it and build the terrace around it. That's no problem either.

"Stelzlager" cheaply (substructure Bongossi):
 

Lenny1978

2020-04-21 22:08:46
  • #3
Thank you very much for the feedback. So, I would need the light well after all. Unfortunately, there is no cap available in the right size. Therefore, it is still questionable how to solve the problem. Lay the entire terrace and then cut out for a second light well cover? If yes, can I omit the substructure for this area (112x40 cm)? That would then be unstable and the light well cover would become a “no-go area,” right?
 

nordanney

2020-04-21 22:25:50
  • #4
Nonsense. You simply build the terrace around the [Lichtschacht]. There is no problem. Get a hole grid or similar from the locksmith and lay it on the substructure.
 

Lenny1978

2020-04-22 13:10:10
  • #5
 

Rob_Baumeister

2020-05-29 22:51:16
  • #6
Hi Lenny, have you solved the problem with the light well by now or have you already built the terrace? I have exactly the same problem and am pondering how to proceed. If you are already finished and could take a photo, that would be great! Thanks in advance!
 

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