immihunk, not sure what you mean by "strong enough to guarded". Are you looking to do a roof top garden? What is your objection to wood decking? It is strong, lightweight and will make a fine deck surface that allows drainage. We've don a few with removable panel systems for cleaning and maintenance. I'll monitor this discussion and maybe you can fill me in?

What kind of square footage are you working in? How would you like to use the space? I pulled a few ideas to get started, but I would love to know more about what kind of space you're trying to create. Outdoor garden: Entertaining and eating: Lounge:

I'm not against colorful homes. There's bright, and then there's too bright. I wouldn't go with persimmon for the whole house. The photo you provided has lots of white trim which offsets the orange, but your house doesn't have that much trim (unless you were planning on adding some, which I think would look good no matter what color you ultimately choose, but even so, I wouldn't go with persimmon for the whole house, as it's still too bright). To repeat what @nwduck said, the other homes in the neighborhood don't appear to all be done in the bright colors, and so yours would stand out too too much. I like @deco's idea of the bright door, if you really love a bright color. For the rest of the house, any more subdued color would be fine, along with additional trim around the windows, and assuming that your siding color coordinates with your roofing color.

Yeah it's completely mine the area below the sky light is a deck wit sitting n all. I wanna do something tat the deck gets the light n the space is also used