Every job below is one we do ourselves across North Little Rock.
We frame new decks with joists spaced to hold real furniture and foot traffic, not just the minimum span table allows. Footings get poured below frost depth and sized for our clay soil, and we'll walk you through pressure-treated pine versus composite before you commit to either.
Soft or spongy boards usually mean rot has already gotten into the joist below, not just the decking. We replace what's actually failed, check the ledger board while we're in there, and won't talk you into a full rebuild if a repair will hold.
Arkansas humidity and UV chew through an unsealed deck faster than most people expect. We pressure wash, let the wood dry out fully, then stain and seal so water actually beads instead of soaking in.
Multi-level decks, built-in benches, pergolas and stairs planned around how your yard slopes. We'll draw it out before we order lumber so there are no surprises once framing starts.
Composite boards like Trex or TimberTech cost more upfront but skip the every-other-year restaining. We still frame the substructure in pressure-treated lumber, since composite decking still needs solid joists underneath it.
Baluster spacing has to stay under 4 inches to pass most local inspections, and a lot of older decks don't meet that anymore. We build rail systems that hold up to someone leaning on them, not just ones that look fine until they do.
If your framing and footings are still solid but the boards are cupped or splintering, resurfacing swaps the decking without tearing out what's underneath. It's a faster job and a lot cheaper than a full rebuild.
We build screened porches off an existing deck or from scratch, framed to carry a roof load, not just deck load. Screening keeps the bugs out without losing the airflow that makes a covered deck usable in July.
Old decks get torn out board by board, and we check what's underneath before anything new goes in. Hauling off the old lumber is included, we don't leave it stacked in your yard.
This is the part nobody sees once the decking's down, and it's the part that actually decides whether a deck is safe. We replace rotted joists, undersized beams and footings that have heaved, even on decks we didn't originally build.
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 where we've poured footings and hung joists.
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.