Deck & Porch Construction in Roselle

Roselle decks, starting where the deck meets the house

Most deck failures start at the ledger, the board that fastens the deck to the house. If it was nailed on instead of bolted, or never flashed, water gets behind it and rots both the ledger and the house framing it hangs from. On every deck we build or repair, the ledger is flashed and fastened with proper bolts, and an existing ledger that is wrong gets fixed before anything else. After that comes the rest: framing, treated or composite decking, and stairs and railings to current code.

We work in Roselle every week, coming in on Lake Street, Roselle Road and Irving Park Road. The village sits across DuPage and Cook counties, with its Metra station in the middle of town. If your deck attaches to a wall with siding over the band board, we take the siding off along the ledger line rather than bolting through it, because that is the only way to flash it properly. With the siding off, you see the condition of the house framing behind it, and so do we.

What we do on a Roselle deck

How a Roselle deck job runs

We come out, look at the deck from above and below, and check the ledger before we talk about anything else. The written estimate prices the work in order, ledger first, and states what the village will need for a permit. Since the wall behind a ledger cannot be seen until the siding comes off, the estimate tells you what happens if it is rotted: we stop, show you, and price the repair in writing for your approval. We schedule around the inspections and walk the finished deck with you before we call it done.

• Ledger checked on every deck we touch.
• Flashing installed behind the siding at the ledger.
• Hidden damage shown and priced before repair.
• Village permit for ledger and structural work.
• Proof of liability insurance on request, before day one.
• Final walkthrough on the finished deck.