Decks, porches and stairs in Asheville, NC

A deck or porch around here takes a beating. Rain, humidity and the freeze-thaw cycle work on every post and board, and on a sloped lot the footings carry more than you'd think. I build new ones, and I fix the ones that have started to sag, rot or wobble.

Repairs first

A lot of decks don't need tearing out. Sometimes it's a couple of posts sitting in wet dirt, or a stair stringer that has split. I'll look at what's actually wrong and tell you whether a repair makes sense or whether it's time to rebuild.

Steep lots

Plenty of homes in these mountains sit on a slope, and that's where stairs and decks get tricky. I've built long runs of stairs up wooded banks and set new posts under decks that hang over a hillside.