Deck Contractors in Northglenn
Northglenn is one of the most consistent cities in the metro. It went up as a planned community starting in 1959, and most of it is still the same vintage — compact lots, modest homes, sensible people who don’t want to be sold something.
So here’s the honest version: Half of what makes a deck expensive is invisible, and half of it is the part you can see. Spend on the invisible half.
Footings, framing, ledger, hardware, bracing — that’s the part you can never change. If it’s wrong, it’s wrong for the life of the deck, and no amount of nice decking fixes it. The surface, the railing, the cover, the lighting? Those can be upgraded later, on your schedule. Most contractors sell it the other way around. Nice boards, thin frame.
Custom Deck Building in Northglenn
Northglenn’s lots are compact, which makes design decisions matter more, not less. A deck that eats the whole yard hasn’t improved anything.
Two things pay off here more than square footage:
- Privacy. Your neighbor is close. Vertical screening or a slatted wall buys back a sense of enclosure without shrinking the space, and it’s the highest-value thing you can add to a small deck.
- Getting the height right. A lot of these homes put the back door at an awkward level. A compact upper landing with wide steps down to a larger lower deck or patio usually beats one tall platform with a staircase eating the lawn.
Where a deck should meet a patio at grade, we plan it as one design through our hardscaping services.
Why the Lowest Bid Is Lower
Nobody wins a deck bid by using worse boards — you’d notice. They win it underneath.
- Shallower footings. Fast, cheap, invisible, and it heaves.
- Wider joist spacing. Saves lumber and labor. Shows up as bounce, then sag.
- Cheaper fasteners. Corrode from inside the frame where you’ll never look.
- No flashing at the ledger. Saves an hour. Rots the wall behind it for a decade.
- No lateral bracing. You feel this one — eventually.
How to check a bid without being a builder: ask what depth the footings go to, what the joist spacing is, and how the ledger is attached and flashed. You don’t need to evaluate the answer. You need to see whether they have one. A builder who knows their numbers answers in five seconds.
That question costs you nothing and it’s the single most useful thing you can do before signing anything.
Why the Lowest Bid Is Lower
Nobody wins a deck bid by using worse boards — you’d notice. They win it underneath.
- Shallower footings. Fast, cheap, invisible, and it heaves.
- Wider joist spacing. Saves lumber and labor. Shows up as bounce, then sag.
- Cheaper fasteners. Corrode from inside the frame where you’ll never look.
- No flashing at the ledger. Saves an hour. Rots the wall behind it for a decade.
- No lateral bracing. You feel this one — eventually.
How to check a bid without being a builder: ask what depth the footings go to, what the joist spacing is, and how the ledger is attached and flashed. You don’t need to evaluate the answer. You need to see whether they have one. A builder who knows their numbers answers in five seconds.
That question costs you nothing and it’s the single most useful thing you can do before signing anything.
Why Faros Construction
The industry’s usual failure isn’t bad carpentry. It’s a company that sells the job, then hands it to whichever subcontracted crew is free that week. The person who made promises is gone. The crew never heard them.
- Ricardo is on your build. Thirty-plus years of structural work, personally on the footings, the ledger, and the framing.
- We’ll quote you the smaller job. If resurfacing does it, you’ll hear that instead of a rebuild pitch.
- We’ll phase it. Frame it right now, finish it later. That’s a plan, not a downgrade.
- In-house crews, demo to walkthrough.
- Licensed and insured, proof on request. Ask any deck contractor in Northglenn for their certificate of insurance before you sign. Explore our recent outdoor projects.
Elsewhere in the metro: Thornton, Westminster, Arvada, and Denver.
Deck Contractor Services in Northglenn
Custom Deck Building
Built structure-first, at a price that makes sense.
Composite Deck Installation
Footings to railing, permitted through the City of Northglenn.
Deck Replacement
Including the honest answer about which one you actually need.
Railings & Stairs
Added now or added later.
Phased Deck Projects
Frame it properly now, upgrade the surface and add the cover later.
Multi-Tier Decks
For back doors that land between levels.
How a Highlands Ranch Deck Project Runs
On-Site Consultation
We walk the lot, measure the door height, and ask your budget plainly. Then we tell you what it buys and what it doesn't.
Design and Itemized Proposal
Line-item scope, so you can see exactly where the money is going and decide what to defer.
Permits & HOA Approval
Filed through the City of Northglenn.
Construction
Crews arrive when we said. Site cleaned daily. One point of contact who replies.
Walkthrough and Care Guidance
We fix anything that isn't right, then hand you a maintenance plan for your materials.
Deck Replacement in Northglenn
Most decks on Northglenn’s original housing stock were added decades after the house, often by whoever was available. What we find:
- Ledgers nailed rather than bolted, never flashed, rotting the wall behind them
- Post bases sitting in soil, rotted from the bottom
- Framing undersized from the start
- Guardrails that flex, with baluster gaps wider than current code allows
Here’s the good news: if the frame is genuinely sound, resurfacing costs a fraction of a rebuild — and we’ll tell you when that’s the case, even though it’s the smaller job. We inspect the substructure first. New boards over failing framing is the worst outcome available, because it looks solved and isn’t.
Permits go through the City of Northglenn. We file, schedule inspections, and build to pass the first time.
A recent homeowner described our team as courteous and thorough on a balcony and deck project, and specifically noted how well the crews were coordinated by the project manager.
That’s the theme across our reviews: crews that show up when they said they would, keep the site clean, and finish on time.
Building Across Arvada and the Northwest Metro
Northglenn’s housing is unusually consistent, which is genuinely useful: we’ve built on your floor plan before. We know where the back door lands and what’s behind the siding.
Frequently Asked Questions
Spend on the structure and defer the finishes. A properly framed deck with footings, ledger, hardware, and bracing done right will happily take a composite surface, a cover, and lighting in five or ten years. A cheap frame with nice boards can never be fixed. Build the part you can’t change.
No. A well-built pressure-treated deck on a solid frame will outlast a composite deck on a bad one. Buy dry lumber, seal it, and keep up with it. It’s also the right starting point if you plan to upgrade the surface later.
Ask three questions: how deep are the footings, what’s the joist spacing, and how is the ledger attached and flashed? You don’t need to judge the answers — you need to see whether they have any. A builder who knows their numbers answers immediately.
Sometimes, and it’s far cheaper. If the footings, framing, and ledger are genuinely sound, new decking and railing does the job. We inspect the substructure first, because new boards over failing framing hides the problem rather than fixing it.
Yes, and it’s often the smart move. We frame and size the structure for what you eventually want — including a cover — then you finish it as the budget allows.
Let's Look at Your Back Door
Ricardo will walk your lot, tell you what your budget actually buys, and tell you what to skip.