Bring the beauty and permanence of hardscape to places it couldn’t easily go before.
Elevated Hardscape uses natural stone, porcelain, pavers, and other hardscape materials to create outdoor living surfaces above ground — on decks, balconies, rooftops, stairs, and other elevated structures.
StoneDeks provides the structural system that makes it possible to install these materials over traditional wood or metal deck framing.
Hardscape is no longer limited to the ground.
Hardscape Is No Longer Limited to the Ground
For generations, outdoor construction has largely been divided into two worlds.
Decks go up. Hardscapes stay down.
Decks make it possible to build above grade, across slopes, outside second-story doors, and wherever a home calls for an elevated outdoor space. But those decks have traditionally been finished with wood or composite boards.
Hardscape offers something different: the beauty, permanence, and design freedom of natural stone, porcelain, brick, and concrete pavers. But those materials have traditionally been associated with patios and other ground-supported surfaces.
Elevated Hardscape brings those two worlds together.
It gives homeowners and design professionals the freedom to create elevated outdoor living spaces finished with the same premium materials traditionally associated with patios, courtyards, and landscapes.
Rethink What a Deck Can Be
Elevated Hardscape isn’t simply another decking material. It changes what the finished outdoor surface can be.
Instead of limiting the choice to wood, composite, or PVC deck boards, StoneDeks opens the surface to materials traditionally associated with premium hardscaping.
Natural Stone
Bring the timeless character of travertine, flagstone, granite, and other compatible natural stone to elevated outdoor spaces.
Porcelain
Create contemporary outdoor spaces with an enormous range of colors, textures, patterns, and architectural styles.
Concrete & Brick Pavers
Extend familiar hardscape materials and patterns from the landscape onto elevated outdoor living areas.
The result is more than a different deck surface. It’s the freedom to design the deck as part of the home’s architecture and surrounding landscape.
How Does Elevated Hardscape Work?
The idea is surprisingly simple.
1. Build the structure.
A properly designed wood or metal deck frame provides the underlying structure.
2. Add StoneDeks SilcaGrate.
SilcaGrate installs over the framing to create the structural support layer for the hardscape surface.
3. Choose your surface.
Finish the space with compatible natural stone, porcelain, brick, concrete pavers, or other hardscape materials.
The structure works like a deck. The finished space feels like hardscape.
Want to explore the possibilities? Discover our complete guide to Elevated Hardscape, including applications, materials, design possibilities, and how StoneDeks makes it possible.
