Deck makeover

DanGuy48 · Mar 7, 2021

Our deck, after almost 20 years, is in need of a makeover. I’ve been looking at companies that specialize in that sort of thing and have only found one so far that I feel like contacting (Albaugh & Sons). Any suggestions based on experience or word of mouth reputation? I have a strong preference for local, family owned businesses with some history.

dieselfarmboy · Mar 7, 2021

Cant help on recommendation. But be prepared for a sticker shock, building supplies are about 3 times the cost they was a year ago. I feel sorry for anyone thats building a home.

KRC · Mar 7, 2021

Where are you located?

DanGuy48 · Mar 7, 2021

KRC said:
Where are you located?

Frederick area.....

DanGuy48 · Mar 7, 2021

dieselfarmboy said:
Cant help on recommendation. But be prepared for a sticker shock, building supplies are about 3 times the cost they was a year ago. I feel sorry for anyone thats building a home.

Actually, I had forgotten about that. I had heard about lumber prices rising but wasn’t paying much attention because no impact until now.

kstone803 · Mar 7, 2021

dieselfarmboy said:
Cant help on recommendation. But be prepared for a sticker shock, building supplies are about 3 times the cost they was a year ago. I feel sorry for anyone thats building a home.

Yeah this spring our big money project was to have the deck rebuilt and that's being pushed at least another year now.

308Scout · Mar 7, 2021

At my last house, we used Casey Deck and Fence for a new deck. I believe they are based in Frederick. I highly recommend them - their work is outstanding and they were very easy to work with. It's a smaller company, so they have far less overhead to support compared to larger companies like Long Fence.

MossPumper · Mar 7, 2021

Get ready for a shock. The price of wood is 4x what it was this time last year.
I have a 1,400 sqft deck that I was going to have rebuilt. I about passed out with the quotes.
Shop around and use NEXTDOOR application or YELP. Good luck.

erwos · Mar 7, 2021

Yep, echoing the crowd here. This may actually be the year to use synthetic.

Glaron · Mar 7, 2021

erwos said:
Yep, echoing the crowd here. This may actually be the year to use synthetic.

I was gonna ask if than is in reach now. Loved my trek style deck. 20 years it is still great.

dieselfarmboy · Mar 7, 2021

erwos said:
Yep, echoing the crowd here. This may actually be the year to use synthetic.

Pretty sure all building supplies have gone up.

Speed3 · Mar 7, 2021

I'm following closely. I'm in the same general area as well.

I'm likely going to do trex, but want some of it enclosed this time. Hoping its not $50k lol

smokedog · Mar 7, 2021

If it will go another season I would watch the building material pricing and plan accordingly. Prices are crazy high on lumber right now. I'm putting off a project at my house and I'm the contractor.

Clump · Mar 8, 2021

Albaugh has built several fences in our Frederick neighborhood recently. They got them done quickly and they look good.

We did this to our deck a few years ago and used https://www.facebook.com/Glea-Tile-More-1628172334129562/. He did a great job and was reasonable. We've used him for tile work and a shed repair also.

outrider58 · Mar 8, 2021

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psucobra96 · Mar 8, 2021

dieselfarmboy said:
Pretty sure all building supplies have gone up.

Slightly, lumber is what’s seen the massive increase. When plywood is double to triple it adds up fast. Cost of stone like gravel has also increased for some reason, concrete prices have been the same. Some of the contractors I’ve noticed have also jacked up prices because of demand even though they pass on the material cost. If the recession I predicts happens in the next year they are going to be begging for jobs.

Things are definitely on back order. My garage door is 8 weeks out when we ordered and I have a window in purgatory somewhere. It was supposed to be here end of January at the latest. I’ll be pricing out materials for metal roofing and hardi siding soon so I’ll see where those prices have gone.

Point of story, if you can wait a year do it, otherwise you are gonna pay triple the material costs and might not even get what you really want because of what is or isn’t in stock.

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