Deck Resurfacing & Deck Replacement

A lot of tired decks are only tired on top. The pressure-treated frame and footings underneath are often perfectly sound while the walking surface has gone grey, splintered and cupped from fifteen years of sun and stain. Resurfacing strips the old boards and railing, leaves the structure in place, and replaces the surface with composite or PVC decking and a new railing system. When the frame checks out it costs meaningfully less than a rebuild and takes a fraction of the time.

Whether it checks out is a question we answer honestly before quoting. We pull a few boards and inspect the ledger and its flashing, the joists and joist hangers, the beam, the posts at grade, and the footings. Common findings are an unflashed ledger, joist spacing too wide for composite decking, rot where a post meets a pier, or hangers full of the wrong fasteners. Some of those are correctable — sistering joists, adding blocking, re-flashing — and some mean the honest answer is a rebuild. We tell you which one you have and price it that way rather than hiding a structural problem under new boards.

The finished result is a new deck from the surface up: hidden-fastener composite or PVC decking, picture framing at the perimeter, wrapped posts and fascia, and vinyl, aluminum or composite railing sized to code with graspable handrail on the stairs. Add post cap or riser lighting while the railing is off and the deck stays usable after dark. Most resurfacing jobs finish in a few days, and the cleanup includes hauling the old lumber away.