Deck & Porch Construction in Joliet

Joliet porch and deck work, front steps to back yard

A porch takes more weather than almost any other part of the house, and the damage usually shows at the bottom first: column bases, the ends of the floor boards and the stringers under the steps. We replace rotted porch floors, rebuild steps with even risers, set new columns on solid bases and put up railings at code height. On the back of the house, we build new decks in treated lumber or composite and repair the ones that have gone soft. Whatever the structure, the connection to the house gets checked and fixed first.

We work in Joliet every week, using I-80, I-55, Route 30 and Route 53 to reach every side of the city. If your Joliet porch has a roof, the columns carry real load, so we shore the roof before we pull a column and never swap one out with the weight still on it. Where an older porch ceiling has stained or sagging boards, it often points to a roof leak above, and we find that source before new ceiling material goes up. Every part of the porch gets fastened with hardware rated for treated lumber, since standard fasteners corrode in it.

What Joliet porch and deck work includes

How a Joliet porch job runs

We look at the porch with you, push on the columns, check the steps and the floor ends, and write up a free estimate with each repair listed. Porches tend to hide rot inside columns and beams, so if we open one and find more, you get a written price for it before we keep going. We pull the permit with the City of Joliet when the work calls for one and book the crew around the inspection. At the end we walk the porch together, from the bottom step up to the ceiling.

• Free written estimate, repair by repair
• Porch roof shored before any column comes out
• Fasteners rated for treated lumber
• City permit pulled where the work needs it
• Hidden rot priced in writing before we fix it
• Walkthrough from the steps to the ceiling