A deck in La Grange Park that stays tight to the house and solid underfoot for years, built in treated lumber or composite with the permit handled for you.
We build new decks in treated lumber or composite, and we repair the ones that have gone soft: rotted boards, joists, posts and the ledger board that ties the deck to the house. That ledger is where most deck failures start, so ours gets flashed to shed water and fastened with proper structural bolts, never just nails. If an existing ledger is wrong, we fix it before any new boards go down. Every job starts with a free written estimate.
La Grange Park is on our regular route, and the crew comes off I-294 onto 31st Street, La Grange Road and Ogden Avenue. It is a Cook County village that runs right into La Grange, with Western Springs a few minutes away. If your La Grange Park house has a front porch, the steps and railing usually take the most weather, because water sits on the treads and works into the end grain. We look at the stringers under the steps, not just the treads you see, before we say whether it is a repair or a rebuild.
We frame on footings dug below frost, set joists at the spacing your decking needs, and lay boards in treated lumber or composite.
The board that carries the deck at the house wall gets flashing above it and structural bolts through the rim, so water and weight both go where they should.
We pull the soft boards, probe the joists and posts under them, and replace what has rotted instead of covering it up.
Risers come out even, treads are deep enough for a full foot, and handrails and baluster spacing meet current code.
Porch stringers, treads and railings get rebuilt so the way into your house is solid again.
Rotted column bases and stained porch ceilings are cut out, rebuilt and left ready for paint.
We come out, measure, look under the deck and give you a free written estimate that lists the framing, the decking, the railings and the permit as separate lines. If we open up a ledger or a post and find rot nobody could see, we price the fix in writing and wait for your yes. Once the permit is approved we book the build around the days we said, and the inspections fall where the village sets them. At the end we walk the deck with you, stairs and railings included.
Call or text (815) 585-1750 and we will come look at the deck, the porch or the bare yard and put the price in writing.
Call or text (815) 585-1750
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