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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…
A deck sized to a city lot
Two very different deck jobs exist in Springfield. In Forest Park and Mason Square you are usually working with a triple-decker or a tall Victorian that already carries stacked porches, and the real question is whether to rebuild those or add a ground-level deck behind. In Sixteen Acres and East Forest Park the lots are postwar and there is genuine yard to build into. Space is the constraint in Springfield, not ambition. On a narrow lot the useful move is usually a smaller, better-built deck that connects properly to the kitchen or dining room rather than the biggest rectangle the yard will hold. The decking materials come down to three choices: a wood deck in pressure-treated pine, capped composite such as Trex, or PVC. Composite materials cost more up front and ask almost nothing of you afterward. We will tell you honestly which one is worth the difference on your house, and a new deck sized to the outdoor space you actually have beats one sized to a catalog page.
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The part you never see, done properly
Any deck contractor should start here. Footings go below the frost line, which is 48 inches in this region, so the deck does not lift and drop with the ground each winter. The ledger gets bolted through the band joist and flashed, never nailed on. That connection is where old decks fail, and it fails quietly for years before it fails suddenly. Springfield's older neighborhoods put the house close to the side line, so a deck can reach the setback before it reaches the size you had in mind. We check that before drawing anything.
Railings, stairs and lighting
Any walking surface more than 30 inches above the grade below needs a guard, and that guard has to be at least 36 inches high. We build them in wood, composite, and cable or aluminum where you want the view kept open. Stair geometry gets set out properly so every riser is the same, and lighting goes into the posts and risers while the framing is still open.
Screened porches and four-season rooms
A screened porch buys you the months a deck cannot in Springfield, and a four-season room turns the space into part of the house. Both are a different build from a deck: insulated floor, real roof, proper drainage. If you think you might screen or enclose it later, tell us now, because the framing and footings differ.
Deck repair, restoration and the rest of the yard
Not every job is a new deck. On older Springfield 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 Springfield
Roofing and siding through to kitchens, additions and new construction, all run by the same crew.
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Onsite Estimates
We offer completely free quotes and consultations with no strings attached. We will walk you through every and any question you may have about the project.
Common questions about decks in Springfield
Do I need a permit to build a deck in Springfield?
For a new deck, yes. We file with the Springfield 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 tight Springfield lot it is worth checking the side setback before design, because a deck counts toward it.
What does a deck cost in Springfield?
On Springfield's older housing the number usually moves on what we find at the house wall: the condition of the band joist, and whether the deck can be ledgered on at all or has to stand free. We do not quote this over the phone. The estimate is free, done at the house, and itemized so you can see what is driving the number.
How soon can you start?
Deck season starts once the ground thaws and books up from the first warm week, so a February call is usually a spring build. 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 Springfield
Attaching a deck to an older Springfield house
Housing here runs to triple-deckers, Victorian-era homes and classic New England colonials, many of them a century old, and on a house that age the deck's connection to the building is the whole question. A ledger board has to be bolted through sound framing and flashed so water runs out rather than in, and on a century-old wall we do not know what is behind the siding until we open it.
Where the framing will not take a bolted connection, the right answer is a free-standing deck on its own posts rather than a compromise at the house wall. That decision gets made with the wall open, which is why we look before we price. It also means a deck estimate on a house in Forest Park, Mason Square and Sixteen Acres is worth more than a phone number.
Stacked porches on a triple-decker are structural rather than decorative. They frequently serve as the second means of egress for the upper units, which makes rebuilding one a code job rather than a cosmetic one, and it is the first thing we establish on a house like that.
A deck on a Springfield street
Springfield is big enough that "a deck in Springfield" covers very different jobs. Indian Orchard, at the east end of the city on the Chicopee River, has its own mill-village housing, while Sixteen Acres and East Forest Park are mostly postwar single-family streets with real back yards.
On the older streets the back of the house is often closer to the neighbors than the front is to the road, so privacy matters as much as size. A solid or partly screened railing on the side facing the next house is usually worth more to the owner than an extra four feet of depth.
Around the park in Forest Park the large Victorians tend to have mature trees close to the house. Roots and shade both affect the deck: footings get placed to miss the big roots, and under heavy shade we steer toward capped composite, which handles the damp better than bare wood.
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 Springfield 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 Springfield
Work in Springfield is permitted by the Springfield 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 Springfield homeowners choose us
We are a family-run construction company of more than 20 years, working out of Ludlow and serving Springfield, 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 across Hampden County, including Chicopee, Longmeadow, Agawam and Wilbraham. In Springfield we also build home additions and remodel bathrooms. For everything else we do there, see our Springfield page. Not sure whether we reach you? Call +1 (413) 351-5125 and ask, it is a short conversation.