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One home improvement that you may not have even thought about is your concrete porch floor. Most of us just get used to it. Maybe throw a rug down, and don't give it another thought. Well, there is an alternative - the Frame-It-Flooring System!
The Frame-It Flooring System is based on a "picture frame" concept. The "picture frame" concept is used to greatly minimize the number of fasteners (e.g., concrete screws) needed to install Composite Decking Material (or CDM) boards directly on a concrete slab. For example, a typical installation of the Frame-It Flooring System may require a total of only about 40-50 screws. Very doable. This video explains.
I'm Tom Bachelder, the inventor of the Frame-It Flooring System. I spent the first 50+ years of my life in New England. New England homes are mostly built with basements. Therefore, if there is a porch, it's usually a raised wooden porch. Several years ago I moved to North Carolina. My home in North Carolina is built on a slab, which is a new experience for me. My home has an open front porch and a fairly large screened-in back porch. My family and I spend a lot of time on our porches. Our porches are truly an extension of our home.
I find the look and feel of a concrete porch floor pretty undesirable. We've done what a lot of people do, which is to put rugs down to hide the concrete and provide a better look and feel. Somewhat helpful, but doesn't really solve the problem. I guess at some point I simply realized that I miss the look, feel, and even the sound of a wooden porch floor. The look, feel, and sound of concrete sure doesn't work for me. That's when my brain went into overdrive to figure out how I can magically turn my concrete porch floor into wood! Seems impossible, right?
Well, it turns out that a product immediately came to my mind that satisfies items #1, #2, and #3. A product that I've seen at building supply stores a thousand times. That product is Composite Decking Material (or CDM). CDM is a polymer-based product (essentially plastic) that is designed for building decks. Essentially, CDM is fake boards that will last for years and that don't require regular staining or painting. The CDM "boards" are sized, shaped, colored, and textured to look like wooden boards. The CDM boards come in various colors, like brown tones, gray tones, and red tones. There are several brands of CDM, which you can see at any building supply store or online.
When building a deck, CDM boards are installed using screws, pretty much like wooden boards are installed. In other words, CDM boards are designed to be screwed into another construction piece, like a deck floor joist. However, no one is going to put 1,000 screws into a concrete slab to install a floor.
Hence, the birth of my patented Frame-It Flooring System that enables CDM boards to be installed directly on a concrete slab using a very small number of screws. Transforming your concrete porch floor into a beautiful wooden style floor.