Edmonton, St. Albert, Sherwood Park and area

Draw the deck. See the price. Then we build it.

From the front right

working range for the deck drawn here, not a quote

Free. No account. It stays in your browser until you send it.

How we work, what the designer does, and what people ask

A house builder, not a deck crewThe company behind this site builds houses. A deck is treated as the small building it is: a foundation, a frame, a guard and a connection to your house.

The ledger is where decks failWhere the deck meets the house is the part that rots, pulls and drops, so we look at it first.

Permits pulled in our nameA deck more than 600 mm (23 9/16 in) off the ground needs a building permit in Edmonton. We apply, we meet the inspector, and we hand you the paperwork.

The price in parts, before we meetEvery line of the estimate is on the design page. Click a line to see the job without it. It is a working range, not a quote.

Written scope before a dollar movesWhat we will and will not do, the start date and the finish date, signed, before anything is ordered.

Decks onlyNo kitchens, no basements, no fences.

What the designer does

It draws what you choose

Width, depth, height, boards, pattern, railing, steps, ramps, a canopy, a hot tub, a gas line. Turn it to any angle and raise or lower the camera.

It argues with you

Put a ramp on a deck 36 in up, level with the door, and it says the ramp runs 36 ft. Set the deck 18 in below the door and the ramp from the grass shortens to 18 ft, but the deck then needs an 18 ft ramp up to the door: 36 ft of ramp either way, because the door is still 36 in up.

It shows the money in parts

Every line, with what it is for. Click a line to cross it out and see the deck without the canopy, or without the lighting.

It counts what it can count

Deck area, boards with waste, joists, posts, footings, railing, pickets and risers: what falls straight out of the drawing.

It shows its assumptions

Every number it uses is under Advanced, and every one can be changed: the code basis, the waste factor, the joist spacing.

It does not pretend to be a quote

It is a working range, and it says so every time it prints a number. A quote needs a tape measure on your ground.

What homeowners say goes wrong

48 per cent said the hardest part was finding someone they trust. So the estimate is itemised on a public web page before you have met us.
34 per cent could not get a clear, detailed proposal. So the design page prints every line of the number and lets you cross any of them out.
30 per cent wanted timely, accurate communication. So one person owns your job and answers the phone.
41 per cent said a clear timeline would have improved it. So there is a start date and a finish date in the scope, and you hear from us first if either one moves.

Figures from Houzz, "What Homeowners Want During Home Renovation Projects", a survey of 2,866 homeowners, July 2024. Houzz is not affiliated with this business and the survey is about renovation generally, not decks.

The questions people ask first

Do I need a permit for a deck in Edmonton?: A deck more than 600 mm (23 9/16 in) above the ground needs a building permit, and depending on where it sits relative to your property lines it can need a development permit too. At that height or less, in most yards, it does not. We check it for your lot and apply for what is needed in our name. The process page walks through it.
Is the price on the design page a quote?: No. It is a working range built from square foot rates and the parts you selected: good enough to decide whether a deck is worth doing. A quote needs somebody standing on your ground with a tape, looking at where the deck meets the house.
What do you charge for the design?: Nothing. Use the designer, print it, take it to another builder if you like.
Who actually builds it?: We build houses for a living and we hire the trades for every part of it, which is normal for a builder. A deck is run the same way: our scope, our permit, our schedule, our warranty, and the crew answers to us.
Can I use the designer and then get somebody else to build it?: Yes. Print the drawing and the quantities and hand them over. We would rather you got the deck built than have you wait for us.