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Rooftop deck seating conundrum

9 years ago

Hoping the Houzz community can recommend some seating arrangement ideas for this roof top deck. We are building a floating home and we will have a rooftop deck with a hot tub overlooking the river. The hot tub as shown in the floor plan can move slightly to the river side or closer to the house side but not much more as the the house was engineered to take the weight into consideration so although we can move the hot tub slightly we can't relocate it. Also we want to leave a space of at least 18 inches between the hot tub and the west side of the house to put the hot tub cover when you are in the hot tub. I marked "River" on two sides in the diagram however the bottom railing/south side is the one with the best view as we will have neighbours to each side of us. See model view pic. We won't have large groups up here looking for seating suggestions for maximum of six people.



Comments (4)

  • PRO
    9 years ago
    I think rather than fixing any seating - keep it flexible - as despite being a floating home - it looks to me to me moored in one fixed location ? So if you keep the seating flexible you can follow the sun (or shade ) ... 2x three seater or four seater sofas could potentially double up as two sun loungers - might be worth looking at... are you thinking of an outdoor kitchen up there too ?
  • 9 years ago
    I think it depends who you are planning it for.
    If it were my house I would expect to be up there more than guests and would put a day bed at the front to take advantage of the view- the advantage of a day bed is that you can add shade for privacy or shade for when the sun is highest.
    Then I would have two face to face sofas and a low table on the back section of the terrace.
  • 9 years ago

    I like the day beds however I think they are too big for the space. I will check out the sizes.

  • 9 years ago

    Thanks OnePlan. Yes, the house is moored (it is different than a houseboat). This area is one of 4 decks, so our BBQ is located on the second floor deck off of the kitchen.