New York Decks: Suggested Reads for Building a New Rooftop Deck or Outdoor Spaces

Be the envy of your neighborhood by building a rooftop deck! Roof decks are a great way to make use of unused space in your home, turning it into an outdoor sanctuary, a place to relax & read a good book or entertaining a few of your closest friends. Rooftop decks also give you access to breathtaking landscape views if you are lucky enough to live near the countryside or if you live within the city, the city skyline can be quite the captivating especially during night time.

If you want to transform your normal deck, roof deck, roof terrace or patio in something more functional and aesthetically pleasing, why not try reading a couple of the books listed below, they are full of useful information on how to turn your normal deck into something more suited to your personality and design preference.

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Deck Designs: Plus Pergolas, Railings, Planters, Benches

Enhance your home AND serve the family’s needs with Creative Homeowner’s leading deck book, Deck Designs. One of the most challenging aspects of building a deck is choosing the right design, it should both be functional and aesthetically pleasing. Deck Designs offers a comprehensive guide to planning and choosing a deck that can satisfy both. 

Deck Designs features 31 professionally-built structures, countless ideas, amenities like overhead structures, railings, benches, and planters are also present and has more than 280 full-color photographs and illustrations to help guide you through your project. 

Creative Homeowner’s Deck Designs is truly a one-stop resource for planning and choosing your new deck.

Black & Decker Here's How...Decks

For the value conscious consumer, look no further than Black & Decker’s Here’s How...Decks. The book features 12 easy to follow steps, complete with instructions, illustrations and colored photographs making deck construction easy for most aspiring deck builders, all for the low price of $9.99, you can even get it cheaper on Amazon. This features the same quality information made famous in the best selling Black & Decker’s Complete Guide to Decks, but at a new, affordable price.

Black & Decker Deck Codes & Standards

Learn how to design and build decks within the legal limits with Black & Decker’s Deck Codes & Standards. This highly informative book accurately shows how to design and build decks safely. Every year in the United States more than 120,000 people are injured by faulty decks, more than 50 dies. Following the author's advice in this book, is the surest way for a homeowner to safely create a deck and prevent against disaster.

With the books common-sense approach plus illustrations, colored photos, and commentary, it isolates the aspects of deck building that are the most frequent problem areas and show you how to deal and fix potential trouble spots.

Black & Decker’s Deck Codes & Standards is not only for homeowners building a new deck but for DIYers who want to upgrade their existing 2 - 3-year-old decks, to keep it up to par with the current standards. National deck building codes have changed significantly in the past five years, a couple of examples of these are: 4 x 4 posts are no longer allowed for structural purposes that a few years ago were deemed fine, and minimum diameter requirements for concrete posts have doubled in many applications. If you want to upgrade or fix your current deck, this book is a must.

Outside Living: Terraces, Balconies, Roof Decks, Courtyards, Pocket Gardens, and Other Small Outdoor Spaces

The ultimate resource for highly innovative terrace, roof garden, roof deck, patio, and balcony design ideas. If you are looking for ideas to update or fine-tune your existing outdoor space, look no further than Outside Living: Terraces, Balconies, Roof Decks, Courtyards, Pocket Gardens, and Other Small Outdoor Spaces. 

600 full-color photographs and diagrams of the most beautiful projects from around the world are featured inside this lavishly illustrated sourcebook. This book reveals how to create exterior spaces in a variety of styles from classic roof gardens and roof decks to modern and innovative spaces.

Outside Living is truly an inspirational sourcebook for anyone who wants to create and build their own unique outdoor spaces.