Covered deck and outdoor kitchen

[tobyandtamsyn]

An outdoor entertaining area featuring a covered composite deck, outdoor kitchen with fridge, and an electric fireplace.

• The project
• Steps
• Tools and materials
• More inspiration for your outdoor kitchen

The project

After attaching a pergola to an existing outdoor area we built a deck and added an outdoor BBQ area. We wanted it to be a low maintenance area, so we used Ekodeck decking and cladding. This took my wife and I around two months of weekends to complete. 

Steps

Step 1

Posts set out for bearers, for back half of the deck.

Step 2

Bearers, joists and fireplace wall set out. Bearers 140 x 45mm and joists 90 x 45mm.

Step 3

Fireplace wall wrapped and BBQ frame and side wall getting built.

Step 4

Fireplace wall clad in Ekodeck cladding. Scandia electric fireplace test fit in position.

Step 5

BBQ clad, splash back texture painted, and bench top test fit.

Step 6

Joists and pods going down under the alfresco. Pods were screwed to concrete.

Step 7

Ekodeck in back beach colour starting to go down. Joist tape was used on all the joists.

Step 8

Completed. I cut down an aluminium fence panel for screening above the BBQ area to protect a little from the rain and to add bit of privacy from the neighbours. The fireplace and fridge are not outdoor units but are pretty well protected from the elements. We will see how long they last. And 95% of the materials for this project were purchased at our local Bunnings store.

Tools and materials

Materials used in the project:

• Ekodeck back beach decking
• Ekodeck carbon cladding
• Matador Ignite+ 4 burner BBQ
• Scandia Aurora electric fireplace
• Hardwood bench top
• Dulux medium texture paint
• Joist tape
• Concrete
• Pine timber.

Tools used in the project:

• Shovel
• Saw
• Clamps
• Drill
• Level
• Tape measure.

More inspiration for your outdoor kitchen

Bunnings Workshop member Benjie91 used composite decking and privacy screening to complete an outdoor entertaining area makeover.

Community member danieltheman created a new outdoor entertaining area as his first D.I.Y. project after fire damaged his previous patio.

Get more inspiration from our members Top 10 most popular deck projects and Top 10 most popular outdoor kitchen projects.

[casidiego]

Hi Toby,

I’m getting a new pergola for my alfresco area, and my setup is quite similar to yours. Do you have any details on how you attached the pergola to the fascia

[MitchellMc]

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community @casidiego. It's wonderful to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about this project.

Let me tag @tobyandtamsyn so they are alerted to your question.

In case they don't get back to you, pergolas are never attached to fascias. However, their fixings might pass through the fascia and connect to the structural timber behind it. Fascias are not structural members, so they can't bear any weight themselves or be used as connection points. Typically, you would use something like this Dunnings 22° Galvanised Extended Fascia Bracket. It gets bolted to the side of the rafter and extends out through the fascia to provide a structural mounting point. Alternatively, you can come out through the roof tiles or sheeting with a roof extenda bracket.

Hopefully, @tobyandtamsyn can provide a bit more clarity on how their project came together.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Mitchell
 

[tobyandtamsyn]

Hi @casidiego ,

We pretty much did as Mitchell described. We reinforced our rafters with framing pine and then added the fascia brackets. We did use a different fascia bracket than the one Mitchell has linked as we wanted to attach a header board flush with our fascia under the gutter. We then attached the pergola to that board.

The brackets we used were similar to these Dunnings fascia angle bracket. We used galvanised coach bolts to attach the header to the fascia.

Toby