Every job below is one we do ourselves across Benton.
We frame and build new decks from the footings up, using poured concrete footings set below frost depth and joist spans sized to the load they'll carry. You pick treated pine, cedar, or composite decking on top, and we handle the permit and inspection with the county.
Soft boards, bouncy joists, and a ledger board pulling off the house are the three calls we get most. We replace what's rotted, sister new lumber to a weak joist, and re-flash the ledger connection so water stops getting behind it.
We pressure wash the deck first, let it dry a couple of days, then sand rough spots before staining. A penetrating oil-based stain holds up better than a film-forming finish in Arkansas humidity, and we'll tell you honestly if your boards need another season before they'll take stain evenly.
Multi-level decks, built-in benches, a pergola over part of the deck, we draw it out and price it before anything gets cut. We also factor in how the sun hits your yard, so you're not building a deck nobody sits on in July.
Composite boards don't rot or splinter, but the framing underneath still has to be spaced and vented correctly or the boards sag between joists. We install hidden fastener systems so you don't see a screw head anywhere on the deck.
Wobbly rails and missing balusters are a fall risk, not just a look, and most codes call for 36 inches of height with no gap wider than 4 inches. We rebuild railing to meet code and match whatever decking or house trim you've already got.
Sometimes the frame underneath is solid and it's just the decking that's cupped, split, or gone gray past saving. We pull the old boards and re-deck over the existing joists, which costs less than starting from scratch.
An old deck that's structurally shot needs to come out clean before anything new goes in, ledger board included. We haul off the lumber and old concrete footings so the site's ready to build on.
The ledger board is where most deck failures start, usually from flashing that was never installed right in the first place. We cut it back to solid wood, install proper flashing tape and drip edge, and re-bolt it with lag screws into the house framing, not just the siding.
If you want part of the deck screened in to keep bugs out, we frame that section separately so the roof load doesn't sit on joists that weren't sized for it. We can also tie a covered porch roof into your existing roofline.
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.
Deck projects across central Arkansas.
Questions that come up once a project's underway.
Describe the problem and we will tell you what it probably is. No obligation.
