A Trex deck, rebuilt in Oradell, NJ
The old timber deck and its stairs came down, a new frame went up, and the deck was rebuilt in Trex composite — the job that capped off our 2025.
The job, in four photographs.
Taken on site as the work went, the way the client saw it.
From the frame up, not just new boards.
The old deck was timber, weathered brown, with its own run of stairs down to the yard. Taking it off showed the wood along the house wall where it had been fastened — the part of any deck that stays damp longest and gets looked at least.
A new frame went up in pressure-treated lumber, with new posts and new stair stringers, and the deck went down in Trex composite boards with a rail of black balusters. The frame, posts and stairs under the new surface are new too.
Why rebuild the frame rather than re-board the old one: a composite surface is made to last far longer than a weathered timber frame, so putting new boards on a tired frame spends the money in the wrong order. How we build the connection to the house, and why that is the detail that matters most, is on decks.
Other jobs, photographed by us.
A deck that is new underneath, too.
Frame, footings, the connection to the house and the surface, priced as separate lines so you can see where the money goes.