Deck & Pergola Builder

A deck is a structure, not a weekend project — it carries load, ties to your house, and lives outdoors in the rain. We build decks and pergolas that are engineered, permitted where required, and detailed to shed water away from your home.

We build in cedar, composite, and PVC, with proper ledger flashing, code-compliant footings, and hidden fasteners for a clean deck surface. Pergolas and covered structures extend your season through the wet months. Where a permit is required for height or attachment, we handle it.

What's included

• Cedar, composite, and PVC decking

  Cedar for the warmest look, composite for low upkeep, PVC for the longest life in the rain — we build in all three and walk the trade-offs on the visit.

• Code-compliant footings and framing

  Footings sized and placed for your soil and frost depth, posts, beams and joists framed to span the load, and a hot-tub area reinforced when you tell us before the footings go in.

• Ledger flashing and house attachment

  The ledger is bolted and flashed properly where the deck meets the house — the connection that fails on most decks we're asked to repair.

• Pergolas and covered outdoor structures

  Pergolas, roofed structures and pavilions that extend the season through the wet months, engineered for the load they carry — including snow in Idaho and Montana.

• Railings, lighting, and stairs

  Wood, aluminum or cable railing, code-compliant stairs and low-voltage lighting that make an elevated deck safe and usable after dark.

• Permitting where required

  Attached, elevated and roofed decks usually need a permit; we tell you at the visit and handle the drawings, submittal and inspections.

How it works

1. 1
   Free advice visit

   We look at the house connection, grade, soil and what you want the space to do, and leave you a scoped range.

2. 2
   Complimentary 3D model

   The deck or pergola on your actual house and yard — height, stairs, railing and cover — before anything is built.

3. 3
   Design, engineering and permits

   Drawings for the permit where one is required, engineering for roofed structures and hot-tub loads, submitted and tracked by our office.

4. 4
   Footings and framing

   Utility locates, footings inspected, ledger flashed and bolted, posts, beams and joists framed.

5. 5
   Decking, railing and cover

   Decking with hidden fasteners, railing and stairs, then the pergola or roof structure and any lighting, fans or gas.

6. 6
   Final walkthrough

   Final inspection where permitted and a walk of the finished structure with you.

The same ten-step process runs every project we build — see how we work.

What it costs

Size sets the base range, then height, material and cover move it: an elevated deck 2–6 feet adds about 12% and over 6 feet about 25% for posts, bracing, stairs and railing; composite adds about 18% up front over cedar and takes staining off your calendar; a pergola adds about 15% and a roofed structure about 30%. Aluminum or cable railing adds about 12%, and reinforcing for a hot tub about 10%.

Timeline

1. Design and permits

   3D model, drawings and the permit where the jurisdiction requires one; engineering for roofed structures.

2. Footings

   Utility locates, holes dug and footings poured and inspected.

3. Framing

   Ledger, posts, beams and joists; stair stringers and railing posts.

4. Decking, railing and cover

   Deck boards, railing, stairs, then the pergola or roof. Footings, framing and decking on a straightforward deck are measured in days, not months; covers, stairs and railing add time.

Permits and codes