Every job below is one we do ourselves across Edinburg.
We frame new decks with pressure-treated joists set on footings poured below grade, deep enough to get past the clay that shifts with every hard rain. Ledger boards get properly flashed against the house so water doesn't work its way behind the siding. You pick the decking, we handle the structure underneath it.
Soft spots in the decking, sagging joists, and railings that shift when you lean on them are the calls we get most. We pull the bad boards, check the framing underneath for rot before covering it back up, and replace fasteners that have rusted out. A repair done right means you're not calling us back about the same section next year.
Untreated wood in this heat grays and starts to check within a season or two. We pressure wash first, let the wood dry out fully, then apply a stain and sealer rated for high UV exposure. Doing this every couple of years is the cheapest way to add years to a wood deck.
Multi-level decks, built-in bench seating, and layouts that wrap around a pool or a mature tree all take planning before anyone cuts a board. We sketch out the structure with you, talk through decking material and railing style, and build to that plan. Odd-shaped yards and sloped lots are where custom framing actually pays off.
Composite decking costs more upfront than pine but doesn't splinter or warp the way wood does after a few Texas summers. We still frame the substructure the same way, joists on proper spacing, because composite still needs solid support underneath it. It's the option most homeowners land on if they want to stop thinking about the deck once it's built.
Wobbly railings usually come down to posts that weren't bolted through the rim joist, just screwed to the face of it. We rebuild railing connections to meet code height and load requirements, whether you want wood balusters, metal, or cable rail. This is the repair we tell people not to put off, because a railing failure means someone gets hurt.
If the frame underneath is still solid but the decking itself is cupped, splintering, or just outdated, we can pull the old boards and resurface without rebuilding the whole structure. It's a faster, cheaper way to get a deck that looks new. We check every joist while the boards are off, since that's the only time you can really see them.
A pergola or a covered roof over part of the deck cuts the sun exposure that ages decking the fastest. We tie the structure into the existing frame or build it as part of a new deck from the start, sized to hold up under wind. It's the difference between a deck you can sit on at two in the afternoon in July and one you can't.
Sometimes the old deck has to come down before anything new goes up, whether it's rotted through or just not worth saving. We tear it out, haul off the debris, and check what's underneath, ledger flashing, old footings, before framing anything new. Trying to build on top of a bad old structure just carries the problem forward.
Sloped lots and tall foundations are where a single-level deck doesn't work, so we frame stepped, multi-level decks with stairs and landings between them. Each level needs its own footings and beam sizing worked out for the load and the span, not a guess. It's more engineering than a flat deck, and it's where experience actually shows.
Four steps, and no surprises in any of them.
You tell us what you want doing, we look at what is actually there, and we ask the awkward questions early.
In writing, itemised, free. If something might add cost later we flag it now rather than at the end.
Same crew throughout. We cover your floors, keep the dust down and tidy up before we leave each day.
You point out anything you are not happy with and we fix it before the invoice, not after.
We take deck jobs throughout Edinburg and the surrounding Valley.
Questions that come up once a project's actually underway.
Describe the problem and we will tell you what it probably is. No obligation.
