Deck replacement from the footings up
Troy's original decks are aging out. Thirty to fifty Michigan winters will do that. We tear the old structure out completely and rebuild to current code, footings first.
Why rebuild instead of patching again?
Repair fixes boards. Replacement fixes structure. When rot reaches the framing, posts, or ledger, patching buys a season at best, so we pull the whole deck and start over from new footings. On a deck built decades ago, that is usually the honest call, and we say so on site.
Rot ends at the frame
Once posts, joists, or the ledger go soft, no board swap saves it. The structure gets rebuilt.
Footings below frost
Old shallow piers heave a little more every winter. New piers bear 42 inches down, on undisturbed soil.
Guards built to code
36-inch height, openings that stop a 4-inch sphere, even stair risers. Decks from the 1970s rarely have any of it.
A ledger done right
Bolted with structural hardware and flashed with metal, so water never rots the band joist behind it.
Disposal by the book
Old treated lumber is landfill-bound under Michigan rules. It never gets burned, and never chipped into mulch.
One crew, one job
Demolition, haul-off, footings, framing, decking, guards, and both city inspections, handled start to finish.
How does a full tear-out work?
Four stages, two city inspections. Here is the sequence a replacement actually follows, from the first probe to the final sign-off.
Assess and scope
We probe posts, joists, and the ledger with an awl, measure the site, and put the full scope in writing.
Demolition and haul-off
The old deck comes out completely, old footings included where they interfere with the new layout. Debris goes straight to a facility that takes construction waste.
Footings and framing
New piers dug to 42 inches and inspected before the pour. Then framing, a bolted and flashed ledger, and hold-down hardware.
Decking and sign-off
Boards, guards, and stairs go on, the city runs its final inspection, and the deck is yours for the next few decades.
Rebuilding decks across Troy's original subdivisions
Most Troy decks that come down were built with the houses. 59% of the city's homes went up between 1960 and 1989, across subdivisions like Sylvan Glen, Northfield Hills, and Mount Vernon Estates, so original decks and plenty of first replacements are now 30 to 50 years old. What ages out is structural: posts on shallow footings that freeze-thaw winters have heaved, guardrails and stairs cut to pre-code geometry, ledger attachments that predate modern hardware rules. We tear the whole structure out, send the old lumber to licensed facilities, and rebuild from new 42-inch frost-depth footings to code-current framing, decking, guards, and stairs. Repair covers surfaces. Rot in the frame means replacement.
- ✓ Sylvan Glen
- ✓ Northfield Hills
- ✓ Mount Vernon Estates
- ✓ Frost-heaved footings
- ✓ Pre-code guardrails
- ✓ Wood-to-composite swaps
Deck services for Troy homes
New builds, tear-outs, composite conversions, structural repairs, finish work, and roofed rooms, handled start to finish by one local team.
Deck Building
New custom decks engineered for frost-deep footings and Troy's permit process.
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Deck Replacement
Tear-out and rebuild for decks from Troy's 1960s-80s building boom.
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Composite Decking
Capped composite installed to the manufacturer's gapping spec, HOA colors included.
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Deck Repair
Probe-first repairs for heaved footings, soft posts, and loose railings.
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Deck Staining & Sealing
Cleaning, brightening, and finish work timed to the dry windows.
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Three-Season Rooms & Screened Porches
Roofed, screened, and glassed rooms that stretch deck season into November.
Learn more →The rebuild, in numbers
Footings below frost
Every new pier bears 42 inches down
Ledgers bolted, flashed
Structural fasteners and metal flashing, never nails
Permits pulled, inspected
Footing check before pour, final at the end
Haul-off handled
Old treated lumber landfilled, never burned or chipped
Deck builders across Oakland County
The same second-cycle housing stock runs past the city line into Rochester Hills and Clawson, and those decks age exactly the same way. We run the identical tear-out-and-rebuild process, permits and inspections included, across the neighboring Oakland County suburbs.
Replacement questions Troy homeowners ask
Retire the old deck this season
Build season in Troy runs April through October, and permit review eats weeks of it. The sooner we probe your framing, the sooner the rebuild starts. The quote itself costs nothing.