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What is the best product or material for the ceiling over a deck?

Posted by Todd Travers, on
We are roofing over a 10' x 30' deck and plan to screen it in. We live in a hot, humid place. What is the best thing for the ceiling?
barry de swardt

barry de swardt

Hey Todd, That's a rather open question but here goes: OK so because of the heat I am guessing you want it to be a shaded roof. I am going to work on a fairly budget minded hypothesis. I would then suggest a softwood pergola styled timber structure. This would look good (can be painted any colour). Now that the structure is in place then I would suggest as the cheapest covering something like a bamboo screen stretched over and attached to the timber. There are of course hundreds of other options. The best would be steel and glass.

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