Deck Repair & Resurfacing

Tahoe winters find every weak point in a deck. Boards cup and split, railings work loose, stain gives up, and fasteners back out after enough freeze-thaw cycles. The good news: most of what winter does to a deck happens at the surface, and a rough-looking deck often has a perfectly sound frame underneath. We've been repairing and rebuilding decks around Truckee and Lake Tahoe since 2003, and the first thing we'll tell you is which one you actually need.

If the posts, beams, and joists are solid, there's no reason to pay for a whole new deck. Resurfacing strips the worn decking and railings and installs new boards — wood or composite — on the structure you already own. It costs a fraction of a full rebuild, goes much faster, and it's the natural moment to switch to composite and get out of the staining cycle for good. We inspect the frame first and show you what we find before quoting anything.

Loose railings, soft spots, a bouncy stair run, flashing that's letting water reach the house — these are fixable problems, and fixing them early is far cheaper than what they turn into. Railing and stair repairs are safety work first, so we bring them up to current code while we're in there, not just back to how they were.

If the framing is rotten, the footings have heaved, or the deck was never sized for real snow load, resurfacing would just be new boards on a failing structure — and we'll say so plainly. Either way, you get a guaranteed bid contract: the price we quote is the price you pay, with no hourly meter running. Recent repair and rebuild projects are in our portfolio, and you can send us a note describing what your deck is doing.

Not sure which way your deck leans? Start with the two-minute online estimate — it's free, and it gives you a real number to plan around.