Most deck problems are really yard problems: a deck facing the wrong way, floating in a yard that was never finished, or built over grading that dumps water at the footings. Because we design the whole landscape, your deck lands in the right place at the right height – and the lawn, beds, and patio around it are part of the same plan instead of an afterthought.
The Ottawa workhorse – properly footed, fastened, and finished.
Low-maintenance boards and hidden fasteners for a deck you never stain.
Aluminum, glass, and wood railing systems, with stairs that meet code.
Tired decks torn off and rebuilt on new footings – not band-aided.
Grading, beds, lighting, and stone around the deck, handled by our own crew.
A great deck starts with the questions a carpenter alone will not ask: where does the afternoon sun land, what will you see from the rail, how does the lawn meet the stairs, and where does the rain off the roof actually go? We answer those first, then our carpentry partners build the structure – properly footed below frost depth, framed and fastened for Ottawa's freeze-thaw, railed to code.
The usual way this goes wrong: a deck company builds a fine deck and leaves a construction site around it, then a landscaper quotes a second project to fix the yard. With us it is one project – deck, grading, sod, beds, and stone sequenced together, priced together, and guaranteed together.
If your existing deck has soft boards but sound framing, a re-deck saves thousands and we will say so. If the footings heaved or the ledger was never flashed, patching it wastes money – and we will say that too, with photos of why.
Most pressure-treated decks in Ottawa land around $40-$70 per square foot built, with composite typically running $70-$110 per square foot depending on the boards and railings. A mid-size backyard deck usually falls in the $10,000-$40,000 range. Your written quote itemizes footings, framing, decking, and railings separately.
Our vetted carpentry partners – crews that build decks all season, every season – working under our contract, our schedule, and our guarantee. Our own crew handles the site work around it: grading, lawn, beds, and stone.
Most decks attached to the house or above a certain height need a building permit. We identify it in the quote and handle the permit process as part of the project.
Pressure-treated wood costs roughly half as much up front but wants re-staining every few years. Composite costs more on day one and then mostly leaves you alone. We price both in the quote so the trade-off is yours to make with real numbers.