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Custom Deck Builders Since 2011
Decks Restore is a licensed, bonded and insured deck builder serving Puyallup, WA and the surrounding Pierce County communities. We build new decks, resurface and repair existing ones, and install composite decking, porcelain deck pavers, louvered roofs, acrylic patio covers and fences. Every project stays with our own crews under a single point of contact, and every quote is a fixed written price delivered before any work begins.
Puyallup Deck Building Experts
Puyallup covers two different building environments under one zip code. A deck builder who treats them as one thing will get something wrong on at least half the jobs.
Down on the valley floor, through downtown, Riverside and the lots running toward Sumner, you are building on river deposit. It is soft and fine-grained, and the water table sits close to the surface for a good part of the year. Footings that would hold a deck fine on firmer ground will settle in it. That is usually what has happened when a valley deck starts leaning two or three winters after it went in. We size and depth our footings for the bearing we find on the lot, not for a number copied off a span table.
Up on South Hill, Sunrise and Firgrove the ground is firmer glacial soil, so the problem changes. Those lots sit several hundred feet higher and catch a lot more wind. A south-facing deck up there also takes far more direct sun than anything down in the valley. Boards that stay comfortable at the bottom of the hill can get hot underfoot in August, and finishes give out sooner. That changes what we recommend.
Then there are the older houses near downtown. Places built between the 1910s and the 1940s were framed and sheathed differently from anything since, and bolting a modern deck ledger to that framing takes more than a lag screw and optimism. We open the siding, look at what is actually behind it, and flash the connection. More deck repair calls in Puyallup come from rot at an unflashed ledger than from anything else, and by the time someone notices, water has usually been getting into the wall for years.
Fifteen years of building here is where that comes from, and it is why our estimates start with the lot instead of a catalogue. Before anyone picks a colour we want to know how the ground drains, how high the deck will sit, what the framing under an existing structure is doing, and how you plan to use the space. A deck for a household that hosts twenty people during Fair week is not the same deck as one for two chairs and a coffee in the morning. Quoting them the same way does neither owner any good.
We are locally owned, and the work stays with our own crews from design through the final walkthrough. Permit drawings, framing, decking and railings are handled by the same people, so when you have a question there is no subcontractor to point at. It is also why we can hand you a fixed written price as a custom deck builder in Puyallup WA before the first board gets cut, and why the schedule we give you tends to hold.
What We Build Across Puyallup
Our crews handle every stage in house, whether that is a new composite deck behind a South Hill home or a rebuilt porch on a century-old house near Pioneer Park. Nothing gets subcontracted and nothing gets handed between trades, so there is only ever one company answering for the work.
We build new decks in Puyallup from the footings up, sized to your lot, its slope and how your household uses the yard. Framing is engineered to the International Residential Code with Washington State amendments. On valley-floor sites we check bearing before we specify footing size. You settle on the walking surface, composite, cedar, pressure-treated or porcelain paver, before we order anything.
New Deck Construction →
If the walking surface has gone soft but the posts and beams underneath are still good, you can have a new deck without paying for a full teardown. We pull the old boards, go over every joist, sister or swap whatever has failed, and lay a surface that sits level. If the framing turns out not to be worth saving, you will hear it before you commit, not after demolition starts.
Deck Replacement →
Puyallup weather will gray out a well-built deck in a few seasons. Where the structure underneath is still sound, we strip the weathered surface, deal with the small repairs the deck has picked up over the years, and lay a new one for a fraction of what a rebuild costs. It is also the easiest time to add deck lighting, benches or a wider stair run.
Deck Resurfacing →
Most deck repair calls we take in Puyallup come down to loose railings, springy boards or rot where the deck meets the house. We find what is causing it, usually flashing, fasteners or a failed joist, and fix that rather than covering it over. Most jobs are done in a day or two. If a deck is past the point where repair makes financial sense, we will say so.
Deck Repair →
A covered porch gets a lot of use in a valley that rains most of the year. We build front and back porches with proper roof framing, drainage that works, and trim that looks original to the house instead of added later. On older Puyallup homes that means matching column proportions and trim profiles to the period. Roof structures over a deck need extra engineering, and we take care of that paperwork.
Porch Construction →
Trex is what we recommend most often here, for a simple reason: it will not splinter or cup, and it does not cost you a weekend of staining every spring. We install the full Trex line along with other capped composite systems, using hidden fasteners and picture-frame borders so there are no screw heads showing. On exposed South Hill lots we push clients toward lighter board colours, which stay cooler underfoot in August.
Composite Decking →
A motorized louvered roof makes a deck or patio usable in July and in January. The louvers rotate open for sun and close to shed rain into a built-in gutter, which counts for something in a climate with roughly eight damp months a year. Units can stand on their own or attach to an existing structure. Options include fans, accent lighting, retractable screens, curtains, misting and smartphone control.
Louvered Roof Systems →
An acrylic patio cover keeps weather and UV off a deck without taking the daylight that a solid wood cover blocks. In a climate like ours that daylight is worth protecting. The panels are non-shattering and naturally UV stable, engineered for heavy snow loads, and strong enough to hold fans, lights and hanging plants. Each system comes with an extruded aluminium gutter built in and a 30-year warranty against yellowing.
Acrylic Patio Covers →
Porcelain pavers are a 2 cm thick outdoor tile we install on decks, patios, rooftops, walkways and pool surrounds. They do not rot, warp, fade or stain, and the surface is non-porous and slip resistant, which you notice on a wet Puyallup morning. Finishes run to natural stone, concrete, terrazzo and wood-look textures, so you can have the look of timber on something that never needs refinishing.
Deck Pavers →
A pool surround takes more abuse than any other deck on the property. Standing water, chlorine, sunscreen, bare feet. We resurface them in porcelain paver or capped composite, both of which stay cooler underfoot than poured concrete or natural stone and keep their texture when wet. If settlement has shifted the substrate, or drainage is sending water back toward the house, we fix that first.
Pool Deck Resurfacing →
Railings set the character of a deck more than the decking does, and they are the thing homeowners most often wish they had chosen differently. We install cable, aluminium, composite and traditional wood systems, all built to the required 36 inch guard height with a 4 inch sphere limit between balusters. Lighting goes in at the framing stage, which is cheaper and tidier than retrofitting it later.
Railing Installation →
We build standard and custom fences for residential, commercial and industrial properties, anything from a plain cedar privacy run to a ten-foot solid wood enclosure. Post depth and setting get specified for the soil on your lot. On valley-floor properties that is a real engineering question, not a formality. Every estimate starts with a free visit.
Fence Installation →Low-Maintenance Decking Built For Our Climate
Composite is what we install most often in Puyallup, and the weather is the reason. Western Washington gives a wood deck close to eight damp months a year. That is how boards end up cupped and gray long before the framing underneath has any problem at all.
Composite does not take on water the way timber does. It stays flat, holds colour through wet winters, and never needs sanding or staining. We install the full range, from entry-level boards up through capped lines like Trex Transcend, and we build them the way the manufacturer specifies: hidden fasteners so no screw heads show, picture-frame borders at the perimeter, joist spacing matched to the particular product, and flashing where the deck meets the house so water runs off rather than in.
Those details decide whether a composite deck still looks good in twenty years or only for the first two. They are also the first things a cheap bid leaves out, and you will not see them on the quote either way.
Composite does cost more up front than pressure-treated lumber. Most Puyallup homeowners still come out ahead once they stop buying stain every spring and giving up a weekend to put it on. We will run the real numbers for your square footage before you commit to anything.
Cedar, Pressure-Treated And Hardwood
Not every project should be composite, and we will tell you when wood is the better answer.
Western red cedar is still the most popular choice for people who want grain and colour that no manufactured board gets right. Pressure-treated fir is the practical pick when budget is the main constraint, or when a deck sits low and mostly out of sight. Tropical hardwoods like ipe are worth a conversation on high-exposure decks, where the density earns back the cost.
With wood in this climate, the detailing is what matters, along with being straight about upkeep. We use stainless or coated fasteners that will not bleed black streaks down the boards, gap for seasonal movement, seal the end cuts, and flash the ledger so the wall behind it stays dry. Then we tell you what the maintenance actually involves: a clean and a fresh coat of penetrating stain about every two years in Puyallup, sooner on an exposed South Hill deck facing south with nothing over it.
A wood deck that gets that attention lasts fifteen to twenty years here. One that does not will be gray and splintered in five, and it is the same deck on day one either way. We would rather have that conversation before you choose than after.
What Would You Like?
Both materials build a good deck. They ask different things of you afterward.
| Consideration | Composite Decking | Conventional Wood Decking |
|---|---|---|
| Durability | Resists weather, moisture, insects, splitting and warping | Vulnerable to moisture, insects and splitting; prone to warping |
| Maintenance | No sanding, staining or sealing required | Cleaning and refinishing roughly every two years in this climate |
| Appearance | Consistent colour in finishes that mimic natural grain | Natural grain and warmth no manufactured board reproduces |
| Safety | Splinter-free, scratch resistant, moisture and pest resistant | Can splinter and rot if the finish is allowed to fail |
| Material Cost | Roughly three to four times the material cost of standard lumber | Lower material cost; labour cost is comparable |
| Lifespan | Commonly 25 to 50 years | Commonly 10 to 20 years with consistent upkeep |
| Warranty | Manufacturer fade and stain warranties, often 25 to 30 years | No manufacturer warranty on finish or appearance |
| Resale | Holds appearance and structural integrity through a long listing | Condition at sale depends entirely on maintenance history |
Labour costs about the same either way. The gap is almost entirely in material, where composite runs roughly three to four times standard lumber. Upkeep is what closes it. Put twelve hundred dollars every other year into cleaning and refinishing a wood deck and the cheaper option passes the expensive one somewhere around year ten.
A wood deck gets a little worse every year. That shows up as splinters, gray patches, and a stain weekend you keep putting off. A composite deck in year fifteen looks about the way it did in year one. We will run both numbers against your actual square footage so you are comparing your project and not a national average.
Save Your Deck, Skip The Rebuild
If you already have a deck in Puyallup, you may have assumed replacement is the only option. Often it is not. Where the posts, beams and joists are still sound, deck resurfacing gets you a new walking surface and a new railing for a fraction of what a teardown and rebuild costs.
The process is simple enough. We strip the existing surface, go over the framing underneath board by board, make whatever repairs that turns up, and install a new surface in composite, cedar or porcelain paver. With the framing open, it is also the cheapest time to add anything you have been putting off: deck lighting, built-in benches, a wider stair run, cable railing, flowerboxes along the perimeter.
Resurfacing is not right for every deck. If posts have rotted at grade, footings have settled into valley soil, or the structure was never built for the span it is carrying, you will hear that during the assessment and we will price a rebuild instead. Laying a new surface over a bad frame hides the problem instead of fixing it.
A pool deck has a harder life than the rest of the yard. It stays wet, it takes chlorine and sunscreen, and people walk on it barefoot, which raises the bar on surface temperature as well as grip.
We do pool deck resurfacing in Puyallup WA in 2 cm porcelain paver or capped composite. Both stay cooler underfoot than poured concrete or natural stone in direct sun, both keep their texture when wet, and neither will splinter.
Before any new surface goes down we check where the water is going. On a lot of pool surrounds, settlement has reversed the original fall, so water now runs back toward the house or the pool shell. On valley-floor properties that settlement is usually the root problem rather than a symptom. Getting slope and drainage right first is what stops the new surface developing the same faults as the old one.
Permitting, Explained Plainly
We handle all of it as part of your project, but it is worth knowing what gets submitted in your name. It is also a fair question to put to any deck contractors in Puyallup WA you are considering. The answer tells you a lot about how they work.
Washington has adopted the International Residential Code. It exempts a residential deck from a building permit only when all four conditions hold at once: 200 square feet or less, no more than 30 inches above grade at any point, not attached to the dwelling, and not serving a required exit door. Miss any one of them and you need a permit. In practice nearly every deck attached to a Puyallup home needs one. The 30 inch limit is what catches most sloped lots, since a deck can sit low at the house and well above 30 inches at the downhill corner. Being exempt from a building permit does not exempt you from zoning, setback, critical area or stormwater rules.
The prescriptive deck provisions in the IRC cover a plain single-level residential deck on conventional soil. You generally need a design professional once the deck has more than one level, will carry a hot tub or spa, gets a roof or other covering, attaches its ledger to a house overhang or bay window, or sits on soil outside the prescriptive assumptions. Adding a louvered roof or an acrylic patio cover over an existing deck lands in that category. So do some valley-floor sites.
A complete deck permit application needs a site plan showing deck location and setbacks, construction plans with framing details and elevations, and the specifics of the deck-to-house ledger connection down to hangers and lag bolt pattern. The prescriptive span tables assume a 60 psf live load and a 10 psf dead load. We draw all of it, submit to the City, and meet the inspector at every required inspection, starting with footing and setback before any concrete goes in.
City of Puyallup Development and Permitting Services is at 333 S. Meridian, Puyallup, WA 98371. You can reach them at (253) 864-4165 or [email protected]. A building permit there stays valid for 180 days from issuance. Requirements do change, so check current criteria with the City before you plan around any exemption. On our projects that check happens during pre-construction.
Transparent, Fixed Written Pricing
Cost comes down to a handful of things: square footage, how high the deck sits above grade, the decking material, the railing system, how many stair runs there are, and whether existing framing can be reused. In Puyallup you have to add soil conditions to that list. A site that needs deeper or wider footings costs more to build, and no phone quote is going to catch that.
A ground-level 12 by 16 pressure-treated deck and an elevated 400 square foot composite deck with cable railing and two stair runs are different projects by an order of magnitude. A contractor who quotes you over the phone without seeing the lot is guessing.
Rather than publish a range that will not apply to you, we measure the space, go through material samples with you, confirm the permit scope, and hand you a fixed written price. The estimate is free and carries no obligation. The number does not move unless you change the scope.
One thing worth weighing up: composite costs more at the start and less over the life of the deck. We will show you both numbers for your square footage so the comparison is about your project and not a national average.
Before & After
Pierce County decks our crews have built and restored. Each pair is the same deck, before and after.
A Simple, Transparent Process
Call us or submit the quote form and we will schedule a visit to your property. Most Puyallup homeowners hear back from us the same day.
We measure the space, look over the existing structure if there is one, go through material options, and follow up with a written scope and a fixed price. Nothing is left open-ended, which is how you avoid surprises halfway through.
We work through decking material, railing style, stair placement, lighting and finish details with you, then draw the permit set from your final design. This is where the deck stops being a quote and becomes a specific thing.
Our crews handle construction start to finish and clean up at the end of each day. We walk the finished deck with you before the job is closed out. Most take about a week.
The Decks Restore Difference
We hold Washington contractor license CC DECKSRL797P2 and carry liability and workers’ compensation coverage. You can check both through the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries contractor lookup before you sign anything. Run that check on any decking company near you that you are considering, this one included.
Nearly every deck attached to a home in Puyallup needs a building permit, and the City reviews deck and porch connections as part of that application. We prepare the site plan, the framing details and the ledger connection drawings, submit them to City of Puyallup Development and Permitting Services in your name, and meet the inspector on site.
Wet winters finish off most decks in this part of Pierce County, and soft valley soil is what puts them out of level. We specify capped composite boards, hidden fasteners, ledger flashing and drainage detailing that works, and we size footings for the ground we find on site. If you want natural wood, we will be straight with you about the maintenance that comes with it.
The person who measures your yard is the person who answers the phone during construction. Nothing is subcontracted out, and nothing gets relayed through three people before it reaches the crew.
You get a written scope and a fixed price before anyone picks up a saw. Most residential decks take about a week, and the crew cleans up at the end of each day so the yard stays usable while the work is going on.
Low-maintenance composite, pool and sauna decks, integrated deck lighting, custom stair gates, deck enclosures, built-in benches. We scope the deck around how your household uses the yard instead of fitting you to a standard package.
Serving The Puget Sound Region
We work throughout Puyallup, South Hill, Sunrise, Firgrove, Sumner, Edgewood and Bonney Lake, and across the rest of the Puget Sound region out of our Federal Way and Tacoma shops. If you have been searching for deck builders near me from a Puyallup address, both shops are inside a half-hour drive. Pick your city below.
You get the same standard of work and the same pricing whether the project is on South Hill or on a valley lot near the fairgrounds.
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Deck Building In Puyallup, Answered
Decks Restore has built and restored decks across Puyallup and the surrounding Pierce County communities since 2011. We hold Washington contractor license CC DECKSRL797P2, have a 5.0 rating on Google, keep every phase of construction with our own crews, and give you a fixed written price before work starts. Whoever you are considering, check the license through Washington State Labor and Industries, ask whether the framing is subcontracted, and ask whether the figure you have been quoted is fixed or an estimate that can move.
Searches for deck builders near me, deck contractors near me or decking company near me get ranked mostly by how close a business sits to you, so proximity decides a lot of what you see rather than quality. Four checks sort out the rest. Confirm the contractor is registered, bonded and insured through the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. Ask whether their own crews do the framing. Ask whether the number you have is a fixed written price or an estimate. Then ask who submits the permit, because a contractor who expects you to handle that is telling you something about how the rest of the job will go.
In most cases, yes. A residential deck is exempt only when it is 200 square feet or less, no more than 30 inches above grade at any point, not attached to the dwelling, and not serving a required exit door. All four have to be true at once, so nearly every deck attached to a Puyallup home needs a permit. Zoning, setback and stormwater rules apply either way. We prepare and submit the application as part of every project.
About a week of on-site construction for most residential decks, once the permit has been issued. Permit review adds time before that, and how much depends on how complicated the submission is. Anything needing engineered drawings, a multi-level deck or one carrying a hot tub or roof structure, takes longer in design. You get a schedule with the written quote, and we tell you if it changes.
Capped composite does best across this valley. Puyallup gets roughly eight damp months a year, and composite does not take on water the way timber does, so it stays flat and holds colour with no sanding or staining. Porcelain paver is the better option for pool surrounds and rooftops, where grip and surface heat are the main concerns. Western red cedar is still a good choice if you want natural grain and are willing to clean and refinish it about every two years.
If you are weighing a custom deck builder near you against a production outfit, the difference shows up before anything gets built. A custom deck builder in Puyallup WA sizes the structure to your lot and your use instead of fitting you to a package. Footings get specified for the soil on the property. Framing is laid out for the actual span. Railing and lighting are chosen as part of the design rather than added at the end, and the permit drawings come from your final design instead of a template. The deck costs what it costs because of what it is, not because of which tier it came from.
Often, yes, and it is the first thing we look at. People searching for deck repair near me or deck resurfacing near me are usually trying to avoid the cost of a full rebuild, and where the posts, beams and joists are still sound that is realistic. Resurfacing replaces the walking surface and railing for a fraction of a teardown. If posts have rotted at grade, footings have settled, or the structure was never built for the span it carries, you will hear that during the assessment and we will price a rebuild.
Yes. If you have been looking for pool deck resurfacing near you, we resurface pool decks and surrounds in 2 cm porcelain paver or capped composite. Both stay cooler underfoot than poured concrete or natural stone in direct sun, both keep their grip when wet, and neither splinters. We check drainage and slope before the new surface goes down, because on a settled surround the water is often running the wrong way.
It depends on square footage, height above grade, decking material, railing system, stairs, soil conditions and whether the existing framing can be reused. Those range widely enough that a published figure would mislead more people than it helps. We measure the space, go through materials with you, confirm the permit scope and hand you a fixed written price at no cost and no obligation. The number does not change unless the scope does.
Yes. Decks Restore holds Washington contractor license CC DECKSRL797P2 and carries liability and workers’ compensation coverage. You can check current status through the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries contractor lookup. Run it on any contractor before you sign.
Yes. People searching for composite deck builders near me and people searching for wood deck builders near me are usually weighing the same decision from opposite ends. We install capped composite including the full Trex line, as well as western red cedar, pressure-treated fir and tropical hardwoods like ipe. We will tell you which suits your lot and how much maintenance you are willing to do, rather than steering you to the bigger invoice.
Yes, all four, with our own crews. Motorized louvered roofs open for sun and close to shed rain into a built-in gutter. Acrylic patio covers keep the daylight while blocking weather and UV, and carry a 30-year warranty against yellowing. Porcelain deck pavers work on decks, patios, rooftops, walkways and pool surrounds. Fences run from cedar privacy to ten-foot solid wood enclosures. Putting a roof structure over an existing deck usually needs engineered drawings, which we prepare and submit.
A great deal, and it is the thing most often left out of a Puyallup deck quote. Valley-floor lots sit on river deposits with a water table close to the surface for much of the year, and footings sized for firmer ground will settle in that soil over a few seasons. When a deck develops a slow lean, the footings are usually the cause rather than the framing. Lots on South Hill and the surrounding uplands sit on firmer glacial soil and behave differently. We look at bearing conditions on site before specifying footing size and depth.
We serve Puyallup, South Hill, Sunrise, Firgrove, Sumner, Edgewood, Bonney Lake, Auburn, Kent, Tacoma, Federal Way, Gig Harbor, Renton, Covington, Maple Valley, Des Moines, Issaquah, Bellevue, Mercer Island, Redmond and Seattle. Our shops are in Federal Way and Tacoma, both within about half an hour of Puyallup.
Yes. Financing is available and you can apply online. We will go through the options alongside the written quote so you can see what the project looks like monthly before you commit.
Free Estimate, No Obligation
Tell us about your space and we will come out, measure it, go through material options with you, and follow up with a clear written quote. Most homeowners hear back from us the same day.