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Dan was extremely easy to work with. He made our families emergency renovation process simple and was always available for questions. His company did fantastic work in a timely manner and Everything fell within budget. I would definitely recommend Dan for all your home remodeling needs.
From the beginning of the porch being knocked down. To the rebuilding of my new enclosed porch. Dan and his workers were amazing people. Very professional and courteous people. Beautiful job from start to finish.
Dan and his team just added on a 12×12 composite deck to a existing deck at my home. It came out amazing and we are so happy with it. Dan and his team were excellent and will be using them in future projects, thank you Dan
Best construction company!!! Very responsible and professional. Always on time, always ready to answer all questions!!! Highly recommend to anyone looking either to build a house, to do extension, build a porch or something else. They do free estimates and do the job quickly.
Dan’s Construction just completed a Trex deck with two sets of stairs for me. I am thrilled with the outcome! Dan was pleasant and efficient in overseeing our deck project, his crew worked tirelessly to complete their work, despite bad weather and the issue of trash on my site…
I came across Dan’s Construction by accident while searching the internet and I’m glad I did. I read the reviews and checked out the company and contacted for an estimate. He was quick and professional and reached out enthusiastic to work…
Dan is super nice and easy to work with. His team worked all day to get our roof replaced which had damage down to the rafters. He is knowledgeable, fair and trustworthy. I highly recommend this company and will definitely hire them for future projects.
We called after seeing a recommendation on Facebook and we are very happy we did. We had them build a covered pergola off our back sliders, and since we live in a log home, we wanted rough hewn lumber. Not only did they order the perfect stuff…
Dan and his team completed a full replace of the deck, staircase and balcony at my home. From the beginning Dan was knowledgeable and responsive to my inquiry including being quick to respond to any changes to material or additional items…
Replacing a deck on an older house
Holyoke's terrain does as much to a deck as its housing does. Off the Highlands the ground falls away behind a lot of these houses, which turns what sounds like a simple back deck into a tall structure with a long stair run and a railing job that matters. Most deck calls we get on Holyoke housing are replacements. The original was built onto a house that has moved and settled since, often without proper footings or flashing. We take the old structure out, look at what it was attached to, and rebuild the connection the way it should have been. Decking materials are your call: a wood deck in pressure-treated pine, capped composite such as Trex, or PVC.
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Attaching to a hundred-year-old house
On Holyoke housing of this era the question is always what the band joist is actually made of and what condition it is in behind the siding. We open it up and look before we commit to a ledger detail, and where the framing will not carry a bolted connection we build the deck free-standing on its own posts instead. Footings go below the 48-inch frost line either way. A tall deck on a Holyoke slope needs posts sized and braced for the height it actually ends up at, and stairs laid out to land on solid ground rather than partway down the grade.
Bringing an old deck up to code
Decks built a few decades ago on these houses usually miss on three things: guard height, baluster spacing and stair rise. All three are what an inspector looks at first, and all three are genuinely about someone falling. Rebuilding to current spec is straightforward when the structure is sound; we tell you which it is before you commit.
Rebuilding a back porch
A lot of Holyoke homes have a back porch that has been failing quietly for years. We rebuild them on proper footings with the roof structure corrected, or replace them outright with a screened porch or a four-season sunroom. Either way the connection to the house gets flashed properly, which is usually what let the water in.
Deck repair, restoration and the rest of the yard
Not every job is a new deck. On older Holyoke housing we are often called to a deck that has gone soft, pulled away from the house or lost a railing, and we will tell you plainly whether it needs a repair, a rebuild, or only restoration: a clean, a sand and fresh stains and sealing on a wood deck that is sound but tired. A deck is also often one piece of a bigger outdoor space, so we build patios, pool and hot tub surrounds, pergolas, gazebos and outdoor kitchens too, planned together even when they are built in stages.
Everything else we handle in Holyoke
Roofing and siding through to kitchens, additions and new construction, all run by the same crew.
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Common questions about decks in Holyoke
Do I need a permit to build a deck in Holyoke?
For a new deck, yes. We file with the Holyoke Building Department and manage the inspection schedule through to sign-off, so you never deal with the permitting yourself. Two inspections matter: the footings, before anything is poured over them, and the framing, before the decking covers it. On a Holyoke lot laid out before the current bylaw, a deck can bump into a setback the house itself already breaks, so we check that first.
What does a deck cost in Holyoke?
On a Holyoke house of this era the estimate turns on the connection and the ground. What the band joist is made of, what previous work is buried in it, and how far down we have to go for solid bearing. On a house of this age a phone quote is a guess. The estimate is free, done at the house with something opened up if it needs to be, and itemized.
How soon can you start?
On an older house we want to open up the wall and look before committing to a date, so call early and we will schedule that survey first. Call us early and we will give you an honest date rather than an optimistic one.
Talk it through with someone who has built here before
Tell us what you are planning and we will tell you what it takes. The estimate is free and there is no obligation.
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More about decks in Holyoke
What a century of repairs does to a deck job
Holyoke was built as a planned industrial city around the canal system that still runs through it. The housing that came with it runs to brick mill housing, tall Victorians in the Highlands and a large stock of pre-1940 wood-frame homes, and most of it now carries a back porch or deck that has been repaired more than once.
Under those repairs we routinely find shallow footings, a ledger nailed rather than bolted, and no flashing at all, which is why the band joist behind it has usually gone soft. Replacing the deck without correcting that just restarts the clock, so we take it back to sound material and rebuild the connection properly.
The tall Victorians in the Highlands and Elmwood carry a first floor well above grade, so a deck off the kitchen is often eight or ten feet up before anyone gets a tape on it. That is a different build from a platform two steps down from a back door, and it is worth knowing which one you are buying.
Building a deck in Holyoke
Holyoke rises from the canals by the river up to the Highlands and on toward Mount Tom, so a deck here is often on a slope. Springdale and Churchill, down near the old mill district, have tighter lots and older porches; the Highlands and Elmwood have more room and taller houses.
Holyoke was known as the Paper City, and the tall wood-frame houses built for that workforce often have back porches stacked two or three high. Those porches are often the second way out for the upper floors, so rebuilding one is a code job first and a design job second.
Toward Mount Tom the newer houses sit on hillside lots where the ground drops behind the house. A deck there can be ten feet up at its outer edge, which means the posts, the bracing and the stairs are the main part of the cost, and they are worth getting right.
When a deck actually gets built
Deck work in Western Massachusetts is bound by the ground rather than the air. Footings have to go 48 inches down, so the build starts once the frost is out, and the calendar fills from the first warm week in Holyoke as everyone has the same idea at once.
Late in the season is genuinely fine, though: there is no interior to protect, so a deck framed in September and decked in October is a normal job and easier to schedule. What is hard is a deck for Memorial Day booked in April.
Permits and inspections in Holyoke
Work in Holyoke is permitted by the Holyoke Building Department under the Massachusetts State Building Code, and the contractor doing it has to hold a Home Improvement Contractor registration as well as a construction supervisor license. We hold both, and we file in our name, which is what puts the code responsibility on us rather than on you.
A deck is inspected twice: at the footings, before anything is poured over them, and at the framing, before the decking covers it. Both are ours to schedule and meet. The details inspectors look at hardest are the ones that matter most anyway: footing depth, the ledger connection and its flashing, guard height over 30 inches, and baluster spacing.
Why Holyoke homeowners choose us
We are a family-run construction company of more than 20 years, working out of Ludlow and serving Holyoke, MA every week. The same team that quotes the job runs it, which is the practical reason the quality holds. We hold the Massachusetts Home Improvement Contractor registration and the Construction Supervisor License, are licensed in Connecticut, carry liability and workers compensation insurance, and are BBB-accredited with an A rating. Reviews come from Hampden County homeowners you can look up, and the quote is free, written and itemized.
Where else we build decks
We build decks in the towns around Holyoke too, including Chicopee, Southampton, Easthampton and Westfield. In Holyoke we also build home additions and remodel bathrooms. For everything else we do there, see our Holyoke page. Not sure whether we reach you? Call +1 (413) 351-5125 and ask, it is a short conversation.