They designed and built the perfect deck for our home!
When we purchased our home 3 years ago, the original 30-year old deck was there, and the home inspector was quick to tell us it would never hold "party weight" and to replace it soon. We never even allowed a table on it for fear of too much weight ripping it from the side of our home.
In the Fall of 2012, we were finally in a position financially to take on a brand new deck. Add A Deck was one of three companies we received bids from. They were generally pretty easy to get ahold of, their bid was fair, and most importantly their help in designing the new deck was invaluable. Our old deck never had stairs from the second story to the backyard, so we had wanted to make the new deck larger and include stairs to allow easier access to our backyard (previous access was only through the basement or around the side of house). They had the knowledge of local building code (some other companies proposed things we later discovered were against code), they supported our requirement of pulling a permit, and they also did not blow us off when they realized we were interested in a real wood deck vs composite.
They do composite, and I'm sure they do it well, but for many reasons we chose to do a real wood deck and they were complete professionals. Other companies tried to convince us why wood was bad, or flat out refused the job. Their builders were true craftsman who took obvious pride in the opportunity to craft the "old fashioned" way. The builders were personable and did a great job keeping the job site clean. It went up very quickly and we love it!
We even ran into a minor issue with the permit expiring. We had been under the impression from Add a Deck that we had one year from issuance to complete the missing item for approval (we had to do a concrete landing pad in yard from stairs, which Add a Deck had told us would be required), and since it was built in the Fall we had to wait until Spring to even consider that portion. Unexpectedly, when we called to have an inspector out once we complete the concrete, we were informed the permit had expired and had to be reissued. Tony, the owner, was very helpful and professional in helping us resolve this inconvenience, and I truly appreciate his professionalism.
I highly recommend this company. So many companies like this can be "fly by night" but I never felt taken advantage of and I feel like the work was completed on schedule. And I highly recommend building a deck in the Fall- it saved us approximately 20%! read more