Deck Building Gallery in McAllen

First contractor who asked which way the yard faced before showing me boards. We were set on a dark composite and he brought two samples out at two in the afternoon and had us stand on them barefoot. We went three shades lighter and added a pergola over half of it. Best advice we got on the whole project.

Our deck was 14 years old and we assumed it was a teardown. They pulled two boards, checked the joists and the ledger, and told us the frame was fine and we only needed a new surface and railing. Came in at about a third of what the other quote was. They could have sold me a whole new deck and did not.

Cable railing on a raised deck, and they did the permit and the inspection without me having to chase anything. What I noticed was the framing: tape over every joist, flashing behind the ledger, posts on piers with metal standoffs instead of sunk in the ground. You can tell they have seen what termites do down here.

Screened porch off the back so we could actually sit outside without the mosquitoes in the evening. They talked us through screen mesh options and put in the heavier pet-resistant mesh on the bottom panels because of the dogs. Clean framing, straight lines, and they hauled every scrap off the same day they finished.