Deck services in the Treasure Valley

Custom Deck Building

A custom deck starts with how you will use it — a grill corner, a hot tub, afternoon shade, a view toward the Foothills — and works backward to framing, footings and permit drawings. We design around your door thresholds, the slope of the yard and the way the sun crosses the lot, then pick decking that suits hot, dry Treasure Valley summers and freezing winters. The deck gets built to the code the inspector will check it against, not to what the last deck on the street got away with.

Composite Decks

Composite trades the stain bucket for a higher board price and more heat underfoot in full sun. On a south- or west-facing Boise deck, a light capped board and a shade plan matter more than the logo on the box. Underneath, the frame is still lumber, so we build it to last as long as the boards: taped joist tops, joist spacing to the manufacturer's spec, and footings below the 24-inch frost line.

Wood Decks

Wood still earns its place when the budget is tight, when you want real grain underfoot, or when an older house calls for it. The trade-off is maintenance. In a high-desert climate, unprotected boards check, cup and turn gray long before they rot, so we spend as much care on fastening, cut-end treatment and the first finish as on the framing underneath.

Deck Replacement

Many Treasure Valley decks from the 1990s and 2000s have reached the point where new boards won't save them: a ledger nailed through the siding, posts sitting on blocks, railings that wobble. Replacement is the chance to fix the structure, rethink the layout and move to lower-maintenance decking, all while the ground and the house wall are open and easy to reach. The rebuilt deck is held to the current Idaho Residential Code rather than whatever applied when the original went up.

Deck Repair

A repair is worth doing when the damage is local and the rest of the frame tests solid. Freeze-thaw cycles, snow left sitting on boards for weeks, and sprinklers soaking the same posts every summer all cause damage that starts small and spreads quietly along the framing. We look for the cause, not just the soft board, and we'll tell you plainly when the numbers point toward replacement instead.

Deck Resurfacing

Resurfacing makes sense when the boards have checked, splintered or faded but the frame underneath is solid and correctly attached. It is also the most common route from wood to composite on an existing deck, as long as the joists can be brought to the spacing the new boards require. Most of the work is in the frame check and the prep, not the boards: a new surface on a tired frame means paying for the same deck twice.

Covered Decks & Pergolas

Shade is why most Treasure Valley homeowners add a cover: the July normal high at the Boise airport is 92.7°F. But a roof catches snow and wind in ways an open deck never does, so posts, beams, footings and the house connection all get heavier. We design the cover and the deck as one structure, whether we're building both at once or adding a cover to a deck that's already there, so the loads have a clear path from the roof to the soil.

Deck Railings & Stairs

A railing is a guard first and a design choice second. The weak points are almost always the post attachment and the stair stringers, not the balusters people notice, and both are hidden once the deck is finished. We build railings and stairs for new decks, and replace or rebuild them on existing decks when they've loosened, rotted or never met code in the first place.