We build and repair decks around Peoria, mostly for homeowners who got tired of looking at a gray, sagging structure every time they walked into the backyard. Some of us came out of general carpentry, some out of framing crews, and decks ended up being the work we liked doing most. It's outdoor carpentry that has to survive actual weather, not just look good on the day it's finished.
If you're on this page, there's a decent chance your deck has a problem you can feel before you can see it, a bounce in the middle, a railing that moves, stairs that don't sit flat anymore. Most of that traces back to how the frame was built or how it was attached to the house, not the boards on top. We open up the structure, check the ledger flashing and the footings, and fix what's actually failing instead of just screwing down new boards over a bad frame.
None of this is complicated. It is mostly just doing what we said we would do.
Accidents happen with saws and ladders, and our insurance covers it if it does. Ask for proof before any contractor sets foot on your deck.
Railing height, baluster spacing and footing depth all have code minimums here, and we don't guess at them. A deck that fails inspection costs you more time than building it right the first time.
We haul off the old decking and any scrap lumber before we call a job finished. Your yard should look better when we leave than it did with the old deck standing.
The quote spells out materials, so you know if you're paying for pressure-treated pine or composite before work starts. No surprise add-ons once the joists are open.
We don't hand your job off to a rotating set of subcontractors. The same people who set your footings are the ones screwing down the last board.
Central Illinois clay holds water and expands when it freezes, which is hard on shallow footings. We dig to the depth that actually holds up here, not a national average.
Questions about who's doing the work and how to check it.
Free estimate, a price in writing, and work we stand behind.