Deck builder?

[SouthChic]

Can anyone recommend someone to build a deck? My brother is looking to have one built - 15' or 16' by 20ish...maybe a little longer...someone that's "affordable" but builds good quality??

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

my contractors Alton Palmer and Donnie Douglas built mine. Ask your contractor I bet he knows someone with deck skills....

[CircusRide]

Deck skills.......LOL! You said Deck skills.

[SouthChic]

I asked my contractor, but my brother didn't like the price, so he's looking around for someone else. ;)

[pinkytuscadero]

Can anyone recommend someone to build a deck? My brother is looking to have one built - 15' or 16' by 20ish...maybe a little longer...someone that's "affordable" but builds good quality??

I'll try to find the names of the guys you fixed and added on to the one at my last house. They were awesome. They also showed me where the original contractors had just "toe-nailed" the original one to the side of the house. Wouldn't have been a huge problem but we were up about 15 feet in the back. Would have been a nasty accident if the deck had been full of people. *Proof that Lamar County should have some type of code

[TheKing]

dude a deck is a weekend "grab some buddies and beer and do it yourself project"

[SouthChic]

dude a deck is a weekend "grab some buddies and beer and do it yourself project"

I'm not a "dude".

My brother doesn't have the time to build a deck, so he wants to pay someone to do it.

[Conveyor Belt]

dude a deck is a weekend "grab some buddies and beer and do it yourself project"

some decks are...
http://www.rd.com/images/tfhimport/2001/Jun01_Deck-Building_Tips/20010601_Deck-Building_Tips_page001img001_size2.jpg

and some aren't...
http://archadeck.com/images/decks/deck-002.jpg

[Hillary]

WOW, thats a BIG deck.

[Conveyor Belt]

WOW, thats a BIG deck.

yeah, that's what she said...

[bpitt]

Yeah, what Hawk said, and there are so many variable's nowadays. They've even got decking material where there are NO visible fastners, i.e., you can't see where they nailed the decking down, etc. Then you got your lumber that is part plastic and part wood, doesn't rot, and won't fade, etc. One can spend as much as they want on a deck.

[TheKing]

Can anyone recommend someone to build a deck? My brother is looking to have one built - 15' or 16' by 20ish...maybe a little longer...someone that's "affordable" but builds good quality??

some decks are...
http://www.rd.com/images/tfhimport/2001/Jun01_Deck-Building_Tips/20010601_Deck-Building_Tips_page001img001_size2.jpg

and some aren't...
http://archadeck.com/images/decks/deck-002.jpg

if you honestly think you are gonna get that bottom deck in the "Affordable" (read: i want mexicans to build my deck) range...then youve got another thing coming.

[fuzzis]

if you honestly think you are gonna get that bottom deck in the "Affordable" (read: i want mexicans to build my deck) range...then youve got another thing coming.

Isn't it supposed to "you've got another THINK coming"? I know the Judas Priest song says "thing" (:headbang: ), but that doesn't make any sense to me. :confused:

[TheKing]

fuzzis..

what an odd thing to debate.

[fuzzis]

fuzzis..

what an odd thing to debate.

It's part of the reason why you love me.