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Deck builder in San Bernardino County, CA

Framed, flashed and inspected before anyone stands on it

A licensed Class B general contractor building decks and patio covers across the West End and the High Desert. Permits pulled in our name where the height or the structure calls for one, the ledger flashed properly, and a written scope you approve before we set a footing.

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Why a licensed builder for a structure

Licensed and bonded

CSLB # 1105333, Class B General Building, with a $25,000 contractor bond through Travelers. A deck is a structure that people stand on above the ground, which is a poor place to save money on a license.

Permits, not hope

A raised deck is inspected work in most of this county. We pull the permit in the licensed name and meet the inspector, which means the building department is holding us to the work as well as you.

The ledger gets the attention

The connection to your house is where decks fail. Right fasteners, flashing behind the board, and the framing behind that opened up and looked at before anything gets bolted on.

Change orders before the work

If we open the wall at the ledger and find water damage in the framing, the work stops, you see it, and you approve the repair in writing before we go any further.

What to ask a deck contractor before you sign

Decks fail at the house, not in the middle

When a deck comes down, it almost never breaks in the field. It pulls off the wall. The ledger is the board bolted flat to the side of your house that the whole structure hangs from, and if it was fastened with the wrong hardware or set without flashing behind it, water gets into that joint, sits in the framing where nobody can see it, and takes the connection apart from the inside over about a decade. That one detail is the difference between a deck and an accident.

The rest of it is what this climate does to the surface. Composite holds its shape and never needs sealing, but it moves more with temperature, and a dark board in full afternoon sun out here gets hot enough that you feel it through a shoe. Wood costs less to install and stays cooler underfoot, and this dry heat will split and gray it unless somebody keeps after it. Neither one is the right answer for everybody, which is why we talk it through before you pick.
Carpenter fastening fitted deck boards around a mature tree trunk

What a patio cover contractor should include

What this job includes

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Every line below is in your written scope before the first footing goes in, so nothing about the structure arrives as a surprise.

  • Footings dug to depth and inspected before anything is set on them
  • Ledger bolted with the right hardware and flashed behind, or a freestanding frame on its own posts
  • Posts, beams and joists sized and spaced for the span and the load
  • Decking in the material you chose, gapped for the movement this heat causes
  • Guards and stairs built to code wherever the deck is high enough to need them
  • Permit pulled and the inspections met, in the licensed name

Start with the written scope

The next step is your job on paper

You have just read how the work runs. The next move is a walkthrough of your house, a written scope of what the job covers, and a schedule carrying the same stages. Ask for all three before you commit to anything.

  • Home walkthrough
  • Written scope
  • Working schedule
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Deck ledger and flashing

The connection to the house must carry load without carrying water inside

Where a deck meets the building, structure and waterproofing share the same narrow line. The ledger connection has to be appropriate for the wall and framing, while flashing must direct water back to the exterior.

That detail should be visible in the scope and checked before decking covers it. A beautiful surface cannot compensate for a weak connection or a water path aimed at the wall.
Interior of a home at the framing stage, stud walls and door openings before drywall

Deck layout and safety

Footings, stairs and guards should be resolved as one system

Post locations affect beam spans, stairs affect landings and the guard layout affects how the finished deck is used. Moving one after construction starts usually moves several others.

Confirm the complete plan against doors, grade and walking paths before footings are placed. That is the point when the structure can still be adjusted without cutting into new work.
Crew placing and leveling wet concrete for a residential paved area

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Questions about Decks and Patio Covers

Straight answers before you commit

All questions
Do I need a permit for a deck?
In most jurisdictions out here, yes, once the walking surface is more than about thirty inches above the ground, and generally yes for anything attached to the house or carrying a roof over it. Low platforms sitting near ground level often do not. The exact trigger is set by your city or by the county, so we confirm it before we quote and pull the permit in the licensed name if one is needed.
Composite or wood in this heat?
Composite does not split, check or need sealing and it handles this sun better than wood does, but it moves more with temperature so the gapping has to be right, and a dark board in full afternoon sun gets genuinely hot underfoot. Wood costs less to install and stays cooler, and it will gray and check in this dry air unless somebody seals it on a schedule. Lighter shades in composite are the usual compromise out here.
What is a ledger and why do you keep talking about it?
It is the board bolted flat to the side of your house that the deck hangs from. It is also where nearly every deck failure starts, because water that gets behind it rots the framing of the house itself, where nobody can see it happening. Flashing behind that board and the correct fasteners through it are the two details that decide whether the deck is still safe in fifteen years.
Can you build a cover over it?
Yes. A patio cover is a structure in its own right, with its own footings, posts and beams, and it is usually permitted work whether or not it attaches to the house. It can go over a new deck, over an existing one if the framing will carry it, or over a slab. We size it for the span and for wind, and it is quoted as its own line in your scope so you can see what it costs on its own.
Why is your quote higher than the guy who builds decks on weekends?
Because a permitted structural job includes things a weekend quote does not. Footings dug to depth and inspected before they get covered. Hardware rated for the connection it is making. A permit and an inspection record that stays with your house when you sell it. Behind that is CSLB # 1105333 and a $25,000 contractor bond through Travelers, and under California law any work over $1,000 requires a license at all.
Can you repair the deck I have rather than replace it?
Sometimes, and we will tell you honestly which one you are looking at. If the framing and the ledger are sound and it is only the surface that has gone, resurfacing is real money saved and we will say so. If the ledger is wet or the posts have gone at the base, putting a new top on it is spending money on a structure that is already failing. We show you what we find and you decide.

How your deck build runs

A written schedule, and what happens when we open the wall

The full process

Schedule of work

Decks and Patio Covers · CSLB # 1105333

  1. We come and look at the wall

    We measure the space, check the height off grade, look at how the house is framed where the deck would attach, and tell you whether this one is permitted work. There is no charge and nothing to decide on the day.

  2. You get the scope and the number

    A written scope, a written schedule and a written number, with the framing, the decking material, the guard height and the permit spelled out. Nothing is ordered until you sign.

  3. We build it and we meet the inspector

    Footings, frame, ledger and flashing first, then decking, guards and stairs. Inspections are scheduled by us, and the site gets swept every day because you are living around it.

If we find something

Opening a wall sometimes turns up rot, old wiring, or a leak nobody knew about. When that happens the work stops and you get a written change order with the new scope and the new number. Nothing further is built until you sign it. You will never learn about an extra cost from the invoice.

Permits are pulled in the licensed name, CSLB # 1105333, and we meet the inspector. That is our job, not yours.

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Licensed and bonded, and you can verify both

  • Class B General Building ContractorActive
    Number
    1105333
    Issued by
    Contractors State License Board
    Expires
    Verify on Contractors State License Board
  • Contractor's bond
    Number
    $25,000
    Issued by
    Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America

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