I am building a family room under my existing (rotten) deck. What is the best approach to a new roof and deck. This is a failrly heavily used deck (think not only foot trafic but sliding chairs and tables, bar-b-q and its grease, possibly even an occasional dropped knife). It will be about 14' X 18' and because of height restrictions (insulation and supports eat up a lot of height), I only have about 1/4" per foot slope available.
Is there a roof surface that can take this kind of abuse?
First plan is to put a separate deck on top of a roof - it will take most of the abuse and will also dry off faster after a rain, however there will be pine needles, bird food, garden dirt, etc that will go through the cracks to restrict drainage. It may be possible to have the deck at least partly removable to hose the junk out on occasion. Any deck needs to be supported on the the roof at frequent intervals - not enough clearance to span the whole way with both a roof and a deck. The deck over the top will make sunlight and wind non-factors.
Of course I want to minimise cost, but I also don't want ceiling water damage below (ever).
Thoughts on how to do this? Metal, plastic, rubber, built-up, or ???.
Is there a roof surface that can take this kind of abuse?
First plan is to put a separate deck on top of a roof - it will take most of the abuse and will also dry off faster after a rain, however there will be pine needles, bird food, garden dirt, etc that will go through the cracks to restrict drainage. It may be possible to have the deck at least partly removable to hose the junk out on occasion. Any deck needs to be supported on the the roof at frequent intervals - not enough clearance to span the whole way with both a roof and a deck. The deck over the top will make sunlight and wind non-factors.
Of course I want to minimise cost, but I also don't want ceiling water damage below (ever).
Thoughts on how to do this? Metal, plastic, rubber, built-up, or ???.