Keep a pergola, deck and fence in Itasca looking like they belong together, with stain that reaches every rafter top and post. We clean and repair the wood before any color goes on.
We stain the wood around a house: decks, fences, pergolas, wood siding and trim, front doors and interior woodwork. Each job runs in one order. The wood is cleaned and brightened, failed coatings are stripped or sanded, loose or rotted pieces are replaced, and only then does stain go on. Transparent, semi-transparent and solid stain get explained plainly so you can choose before we start.
We work in Itasca every week, coming in on I-290, Route 53, Irving Park Road and Thorndale Avenue. A pergola is the piece many staining jobs miss, because the tops of the rafters and beams face straight up and take the full sun and rain. If your pergola sits over a deck, we stain it first so drips land on deck boards that are getting cleaned and stained next anyway. Posts get extra attention where they meet the deck or the ground, since that is where water sits.
We get up on ladders to reach the upward faces of rafters and beams, the surfaces that weather first.
Pergolas get stained before the deck below, so any drips land on boards still waiting for their own coat.
Posts get cleaned and coated well where they meet the deck or ground, the spot that holds water.
The deck floor, stair treads and railings get cleaned, repaired and stained to match the pergola.
If the fence is part of the plan, every section goes on the estimate with its own prep and coats.
A cracked rafter tail or soft board gets replaced with new wood before stain, not hidden under color.
We walk the pergola, deck and fence with you and put each piece in a written estimate with its cleaning, repairs, stain and coats. A rafter or post we find rotted once the wood is clean gets shown to you, with a written price, before we replace it. Staining waits for dry wood and dry weather, so we book the work around the forecast and the dates on the estimate. At the end, we walk everything with you, top to bottom.
Call or text (815) 585-1750 and tell us what wood needs stain, from the pergola down to the fence. We will write up every piece before we start.
Call or text (815) 585-1750
Email matt@onitcc.com