We design and build decks that match your home's architecture and how you actually live: built-in seating, hidden fasteners, low-voltage lighting, and pergolas. Every deck is engineered with proper footings, joist hangers, and ledger-board flashing to last 25+ years.
The part of a deck that matters most is the part nobody looks at: the ledger connection where the structure attaches to the house. Nearly every serious deck failure traces back to that joint — either it was nailed instead of bolted with structural fasteners, or it was never properly flashed and the rim joist behind it has been quietly rotting for a decade. When we inspect an older deck, that is the first thing we open up.
In our service area the second recurring issue is second-floor decks off a rear kitchen, common on the older two-family housing across Bergen and Passaic counties. A deck hung off a hundred-year-old rim joist without correct flashing and fastening is a genuine safety concern, not a maintenance item, and those are the ones we most often recommend replacing outright rather than repairing.
Lot geometry drives design more than taste does on many of the properties we work on. Where lots are twenty-five to forty feet wide, the side-yard setback usually governs how wide the deck can legally be, so the design work is really about getting the largest usable footprint that will pass. We measure and design to that before drawing anything.
No surprises mid-job. This is the same sequence on every project we take.
We measure the lot and identify what the setbacks allow before designing, so what you approve is something that will actually be permitted rather than something that has to be shrunk later.
We walk through pressure-treated versus composite honestly, including how each ages in our climate and what maintenance each realistically demands. Framing is pressure-treated regardless of what the surface is.
We prepare the drawings and submit for the municipal permit. Getting the inspection on record matters at resale, and an unpermitted deck is a problem that surfaces at the worst possible moment.
Footings go below frost depth. The ledger is bolted with structural fasteners into solid blocking and flashed so water cannot get behind it — this is the single most important connection in the structure.
Surface boards go down with consistent spacing for drainage and movement, and rails and stair rise are built to code dimensions rather than eyeballed. Stairs are where most retrofit decks fail inspection.
We meet the municipal inspector, close out the permit, and hand you the paperwork. You get a structure with an inspection record attached to the address.
Seeing any of these? A free inspection costs you nothing and you get the photos either way.
Yes, any deck over 30" off grade requires a town permit. We handle the entire permit process — drawings, submission, inspections — for you.
Composite (Trex, TimberTech) costs more upfront but eliminates staining and lasts 25+ years. Cedar and PT wood look beautiful but need refinishing every 2–3 years.
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