Every job below is one we do ourselves across Deer Lodge.
We frame new decks with pressure-treated joists and beams sized for your span and the snow load our area gets. Footings go below the frost line, not just below the sod, so the structure doesn't move when the ground freezes and thaws.
We replace rotted boards, re-set posts that have shifted, and tighten up framing that's started to flex. If a deck feels bouncy when you walk across it, the fix is usually in the joists, not the decking on top.
We sand, clean, and seal decking to slow down UV graying and moisture damage. Cedar and pine both need this every two to three years out here, sooner if the deck gets full sun all afternoon.
We'll design around what you actually want, a hot tub pad, a bench built into the rail, stairs that land where your yard slopes down. We draw it up before we cut anything, so you know what you're getting.
Composite boards don't splinter, don't need staining, and hold up better against snow load sitting on them all winter. We still frame underneath with treated lumber, composite is a decking material, not a structural one.
We build and fix railings to meet the 36 to 42 inch height most codes call for, with spindles spaced so a small kid can't slip through. A rail that wiggles usually means the posts weren't bolted through the frame, not just screwed to the fascia.
If your framing is sound but the boards are cupped, cracked, or gray, we tear off just the decking and replace it without rebuilding the structure underneath. It costs a lot less than starting over.
We tear out old decks, haul off the lumber, and clean up the nails and screws left in the yard. Sometimes that's the whole job, other times it's step one before we build the replacement.
This is the part underneath that nobody sees until it fails, ledger board attachment, joist hangers, beam supports. We check flashing where the deck meets the house, because that's where water gets in and rots the ledger from behind.
We build pergolas and shade covers that attach to or stand next to an existing deck. Post spacing and footing depth follow the same rules as the deck itself, since a pergola in a windstorm puts real load on those posts.
Four steps, and no surprises in any of them.
You tell us what you want doing, we look at what is actually there, and we ask the awkward questions early.
In writing, itemised, free. If something might add cost later we flag it now rather than at the end.
Same crew throughout. We cover your floors, keep the dust down and tidy up before we leave each day.
You point out anything you are not happy with and we fix it before the invoice, not after.
These are the towns we're regularly out in for deck jobs, big and small.
Questions that come up once a deck project actually gets underway.
Describe the problem and we will tell you what it probably is. No obligation.
