Climb your Bolingbrook deck stairs without thinking about them, every step the same height and the handrail right where your hand goes. We build and rebuild decks, stairs and railings to current code.
Deck stairs are where most trips and falls happen, and the cause is usually the same: one riser taller or shorter than the rest, or a handrail you cannot get a grip on. We build stairs with matching risers and treads, a landing at the bottom that sits on something solid, and a graspable handrail where code calls for one. The rest of the deck gets the same attention, from a ledger flashed and bolted to the house to footings dug below the frost line. We work in treated lumber or composite, and we repair old decks as well as building new ones.
Bolingbrook is on our regular route in Will County, reached off I-55 and Route 53 with Boughton Road and Weber Road running through town. If your Bolingbrook deck sits off a raised back door, the stairs may carry you down six or eight feet, and a run that long takes careful layout, and sometimes a landing, to stay within code. We measure the drop from the deck surface to finished grade, not to the dirt as it sits today, so the bottom step does not end up too tall once a patio goes in. Guards go around any side of the deck that stands more than about thirty inches off the ground.
We work out the rise and run from the real drop, cut the stringers to match and support them at the bottom.
A landing at the base or partway down sits on footings or a pad, so it does not sink or tip.
Handrails are sized so a hand can wrap around them, and they run the full length of the stairs.
Railings go on at code height with balusters spaced tight enough that a child cannot slip through.
The deck is bolted and flashed at the house and carried on footings below the frost line.
Soft decking and damaged joists on an existing deck get replaced with new treated lumber.
We measure the deck, the stairs and the grade with you and write a free estimate that shows the stair layout, the railing plan and the material. The Village of Bolingbrook reviews the permit, and we schedule the footing and framing inspections as the work reaches them. Anything that changes once we start, like a post footing that hits an old buried slab, gets priced in writing and approved by you first. At the end we climb the stairs together and you test every handrail yourself.
Call or text (815) 585-1750 to book a free estimate. We measure the drop, lay out the stairs and put the plan in writing before we build.
Call or text (815) 585-1750
Email matt@onitcc.com