Deck & Porch Construction in Glen Ellyn

Front porch and deck work in Glen Ellyn

A front porch fails slowly and from the bottom: water sits at the base of a column, wicks into the wood and rots it from the inside while the paint still looks fine. We support the porch roof, cut out the rot and rebuild or replace the column, then move on to whatever else the water reached, like the porch floor, the steps or the beadboard ceiling. Railings get rebuilt to current code. We bring the same care to decks, new or old, with the ledger flashed and bolted where it meets the house.

We cover Glen Ellyn from Roosevelt Road and Route 53, from the College of DuPage side up to Main Street, Lake Ellyn and the Metra station. It is a DuPage County village between Wheaton and Lombard. Where an older Glen Ellyn house still has its original porch, we match the column profile and railing style instead of swapping in whatever is on the shelf. That way the repair does not stand out from the street.

Porch and deck work in Glen Ellyn

How a porch or deck job runs

We come out for a free estimate and check the porch from the column bases up to the ceiling. You get a written scope that separates the structural work from the trim, so you can see what has to happen now. If the rot inside a column runs into the beam or floor framing, we price that in writing and wait for your go-ahead. We pull the village permit for structural work, schedule the inspections and walk the porch with you when it is done.

• Porch checked from column base to ceiling
• Profiles matched to the existing porch
• Structural work separated from trim on the estimate
• Village permit pulled for structural repairs
• Added work approved in writing first
• Porch left ready for paint