How do I know if my deck needs repair or a full rebuild?
We dig to look before we promise anything. Age, framing type, and what the last owner actually bolted to the house all matter more than how the deck looks from the yard.
Is a rotted ledger board a big deal?
Yes. It is the connection carrying the deck to the house, and it is the one failure that can bring the whole structure down. If we find unflashed or rotted ledger framing, that gets fixed first regardless of what else is on the list.
Can you repair a deck you did not build?
Yes, most of our repair calls are decks we did not originally build.
Do you work on older, builder-grade decks?
Often. A lot of subdivision decks around Central Ohio are five to fifteen years old with surface-screwed rail posts and no flashing. That is repair work, not always a rebuild.