Every job below is one we do ourselves across Los Angeles.
We frame new decks with pressure-treated joists set on poured concrete footings, sized to the load and span you actually need. Ledger boards get flashed and bolted, not nailed, so the connection to your house holds up to code and to weather.
Soft spots, bouncy boards and a ledger board pulling away from the house are the three calls we get most. We replace what's rotted instead of screwing a new board over a bad joist, because that just hides the problem for another year.
Wood decking in L.A. takes a beating from UV, not rain, so the finish fails from sun exposure more than moisture. We sand back the old finish, let the wood dry out, and put down a stain and sealer rated for the exposure your deck actually gets.
Multi-level decks, built-in benches, a deck that wraps around a pool, we design around how you actually use the yard rather than a stock layout. We'll tell you if a design you've seen online needs bigger beams than you're picturing.
Composite boards like Trex or TimberTech cost more up front but skip the yearly staining that wood decking requires. We still frame underneath with real lumber sized for composite's extra weight, since composite runs heavier than wood per board foot.
Loose railings and posts that wiggle when you lean on them are a code violation, not just an eyesore. We reset posts into the framing with proper blocking and bring baluster spacing up to the 4-inch code maximum.
If the frame underneath is still solid, we can pull off the old decking boards and replace just the surface instead of rebuilding the whole structure. It's a faster job and a lot less money than starting from the footings up.
A deck that sways or feels unlevel usually comes down to undersized beams, joists spaced too far apart, or a footing that's settled. We fix the framing itself, running new beams or adding footings where the original build cut corners.
A pergola or a solid deck cover takes a west-facing deck from unusable at 4pm in July to actually livable. We tie the structure into the deck framing itself, not just anchor it to the decking boards on top.
Sometimes the old deck is too far gone to repair and it's cheaper to start clean. We tear it out, haul the lumber off, and check the ledger and rim joist underneath for rot before anything new goes up.
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 installation and repair work covers Los Angeles and the surrounding communities listed here.
What tends to come up once a deck project is actually underway.
Describe the problem and we will tell you what it probably is. No obligation.