Sectional wood deck

Posted by on March 20, 2013 in My personal work, Portfolio | 17 comments

Sectional wood deck

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Removable wood deck

My client purchased a condo in NYC
Walking outside his back door, there was a roof for his use as part of the deal.

He asked me to build a wood deck for him.
The existing roof deck was made of plywood and black asphalt roofing material.

The original roofing needs to be served every now and then.
I had to come up with a unique idea.
The plan was to built it in sections that can be lifted and removed.

pile up half the deck to one side, serve the roof and then do the other side.

With no elevator we had to hoist the lumber up by hands.
We didn’t use nails or nailing guns, deck screws only.

In the picture is my friend John Pete, yes it was a two men job.

Thank you for reading.

17 Comments

  1. Kevin W Hardin March 22, 2013 at 5:40 pm

    You always have ingenious solutions to a problem. Great work

  2. Mike-Robin Pisciotta March 22, 2013 at 3:18 pm

    I love this! Just goes to show ya that some hard work and innovative thinking really makes things better.

  3. Georgia Howe March 22, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    Amazing!

  4. Diana Marie March 22, 2013 at 5:19 am

    This is interesting. I need a deck too.

  5. Johnathan Swart March 22, 2013 at 4:53 am

    A removable deck… now that is a cool concept. And functional too… It is kind of like "painting a room" while renting, so long as you return it to its former appearance, most people don't care.

  6. Jenny Rhodes March 22, 2013 at 2:26 am

    This is absolutely amazing.

  7. Je'Maria Ware March 21, 2013 at 10:42 pm

    Well I'm definitely impressed. How long did this take?

  8. Bosmat Gal March 21, 2013 at 8:24 pm

    I have a shitty deck. It needs to be replaced 🙂

    • Dov Shapira March 22, 2013 at 2:09 am

      I can help you

    • Bosmat Gal March 22, 2013 at 5:33 am

      you will have to come here 🙂

  9. Heather Petersen March 21, 2013 at 6:46 pm

    You have talent. Amazing and no elevator.

  10. Jennifer Houdek Bro March 21, 2013 at 5:31 pm

    Very innovative project! Our deck is a mess and could use some TLC!

    • Tony Khoury March 21, 2013 at 5:37 pm

      I used to build decks about 10 years ago when I was bored with plumbing.

  11. Yvonne Brown March 21, 2013 at 4:30 pm

    Wow! No elevator? That is a lot of work!

  12. Robert Manea March 21, 2013 at 4:03 pm

    Much Respect for your talent!

  13. Maria Fontaine March 21, 2013 at 4:02 pm

    WOW, too cool, leave it to you Dov Shapira, your the best at what you do! By the way my son live in NY and I will tell him about this, he has a roof they go out and BBQ on!

  14. Cassie Timberlake March 21, 2013 at 2:55 pm

    Wow! you are truly talented at what you do! The wood deck is absolutely beautiful!