Building decks across the Portland metro. Find your city below.
Portland's split down the middle by the river: the west side climbs into the hills, the east side runs flat for miles. Which one you're on decides most of what a deck costs here — a flat yard is a straightforward build, while a hillside means taller posts and deeper footings before any boards go down.
See the Portland page →Lake Oswego sits in a wooded gap in the Tualatin Mountains, so shade and slope tend to turn up together. A deck under fir cover stays damp longer after the rain stops, which is an argument for good drainage underneath and boards that don't mind it.
See the Lake Oswego page →West Linn sits on hills above the Willamette, so a lot of the back yards here drop away instead of running flat. That's usually an argument for building up and out rather than fighting the grade — you end up looking over the trees instead of into them.
See the West Linn page →Tualatin sits on the flats where the Tualatin River spreads into its floodplain, so the ground behind most houses runs level. That makes for the simplest kind of deck to build: low, wide and close to the back door, without the posts and footings a hillside needs.
See the Tualatin page →Happy Valley climbs the side of Mount Scott, so the yards up there sit above the valley rather than in it. A deck on that grade is mostly structure holding a view up, and that's where the work goes.
See the Happy Valley page →Oregon City is stacked on two levels. The old downtown runs along the Willamette in a strip only a few blocks wide, with a basalt bluff rising 130 feet straight up behind it. Whether you're above it or below it, a deck here is largely a question of which way you point the seating.
See the Oregon City page →
We come to your house, measure the space, and look under the existing deck if there is one. Then we talk through what will work on your lot and roughly what it will cost.
You get an honest, clear estimate covering boards, framing, labor, haul-away and the permit. Nothing gets ordered until you have seen it.
The same crew handles everything from tearing out the old deck through the final inspection, and we clean up the site when we are done.
We are licensed, bonded and insured to work in Oregon. Our registration number is in the footer of this page, and you can look it up in the state registry before you hire anyone. It is worth doing with any contractor.
We draw the plans and file the permit with the city for you, so it is not something you have to sort out yourself.
The same crew builds your deck from start to finish. The framing does not get handed off to a subcontractor partway through.
Boards, framing, labor, haul-away and the permit are all spelled out, so you can see what you are paying for rather than one total at the bottom of a page. No surprises once the work starts.
We return calls the same day. It sounds small, but not hearing back is the most common complaint homeowners have about contractors.
We get about nine months of rain a year here, so we build decks to shed water. That means proper spacing between boards and drainage that moves water away from the frame.
Tell us what you have in mind. We will come out, look at your space, and give you an honest, clear estimate. There is no charge for the visit and no pressure to book.
