Our house has a deck that's 12' deep (out from the house) and 14' wide. It's older but still in good condition overall. We want to replace it to add some space and also possibly cover it, but we're unsure of the best way to lay some of it out based on our use - hoping to get some input here for ideas.
The pics are renderings I did to show the relative size of the current deck and one possible idea we had as a starting point for the new deck with a roof over a portion of it. Here are some of the details that we need to factor in:
- Deck is 9-10 feet off of the ground due to how the house is situated on the lot (slopes along the sides from the front yard to the back yard, basement is walk-out as a result)
- The small line protruding from the right side of the images represents where there is a stair case down to the yard (the stairs are between the back wall of the house and the line)
- The handrail from the current deck lands pretty much in the middle of a window, partially blocking access to the hose hookup - we want to make the deck / handrail land on the other side of that window to eliminate any blocking of the hookup and to be aesthetically better as well
- We have a grill that we use on the deck - covering the entire space is not an option for safety reasons as we do not want to be cooking underneath a covered space attached to the house
- We MAY eventually want to screen in the deck space, but this seems at least somewhat unlikely
The first image shows the 12' x 14' deck that exists (space-wise) while the second image shows a 12' x 18' deck with 14' covered by a roof. This leaves a 4' x 12' open space at the end where we could locate the grill (similar to where it is now at that edge, only further down the side of the house due to the deck being wider).
What sort of functional or other issues might this design cause for us? Are there some mods to this design that we should consider that will also keep the overall design reasonably straight-forward?
These are rough images intended only to give an idea of size, space, etc. - it's pretty obvious that a lot of detail is missing like all of the posts to hold up the roof and such. If necessary details about the house, structure, materials, whatever is missing, let me know and I'll add it.
