OUTDOOREstimate only
Deck Building
A new deck, designed and built from footings up, with the ledger flashed properly and footings sized for Piedmont clay.
$12,000 to $42,000Quoted on site, free estimate
OUTDOOR
Decks, Patios and Grounds in the Triangle
Decks, patios, pergolas and fencing, plus the recurring lawn care, irrigation and seasonal cleanup that keep a garden working.
Outdoor Living and Grounds services
- OUTDOORBookable
Deck Repair and Refinishing
Board and railing repair, and stripping and resealing a deck that has gone grey, on a frame that is still sound.
$450 to $9,500Charged hourly
- OUTDOOREstimate only
Patios and Pavers
Paver patios, walkways and seat walls, built on a compacted base deep enough that Piedmont clay does not move them.
$6,500 to $38,000Quoted on site, free estimate
- OUTDOOREstimate only
Pergolas and Shade Structures
Pergolas, arbours and covered structures, anchored for wind uplift and oriented to shade the hours you actually sit outside.
$4,800 to $24,000Quoted on site, free estimate
- OUTDOOREstimate only
Fencing
Privacy, picket and aluminium fencing, set on posts deep enough for the clay, with the boundary confirmed before anything is dug.
$3,800 to $21,000Quoted on site, free estimate
- OUTDOORBookable
Lawn Care Programs
A recurring seven-visit program timed to the Triangle growing season, with each visit in a named month and a text before every one.
$480 to $2,400Flat priced, no diagnostic fee
- OUTDOORBookable
Irrigation Service
Sprinkler repair, controller programming, backflow testing and winterisation, on systems we did not have to install.
$165 to $3,200After a $89 diagnostic, waived on approval
- OUTDOORBookable
Seasonal Cleanup
Two scheduled cleanups a year, in March and November, timed to when Triangle oaks and pines actually finish dropping.
$240 to $1,800Flat priced, no diagnostic fee
About Outdoor Living and Grounds
Two kinds of work in one section
Outdoor covers two things that behave quite differently, and it is worth knowing which one you are looking for.
Built work is a project: a deck, a patio, a pergola, a fence. It is designed, quoted after a site visit, permitted where required, and built once. Most of it is financing eligible.
Recurring work is a program: lawn care, irrigation, seasonal cleanup. It runs to a published month-by-month schedule, we text you before each visit, and you can stop at any time.
The recurring programs are the only services on this site you subscribe to rather than buy, and the cadence is published on each page in full so you know exactly what happens in which month.
Building for this climate and this soil
Two Triangle facts shape nearly every built project here.
The clay. Piedmont clay holds water, swells when wet and shrinks hard in an August drought. It moves footings, it heaves pavers laid on an inadequate base, and it drowns plants that would be fine in loam. Every foundation and base detail we build is sized for it, which is part of why our quotes are not the cheapest on a like-for-like comparison.
The moisture load. Long humid summers and a real rainy season mean untreated timber close to the ground has a short life, and anything holding water against a structure eventually rots it. Ground contact grade timber, proper flashing where a deck meets the house, and drainage that takes water away are not upgrades here, they are the baseline.
Where our work stops
We do not remove trees. That is a certified arborist's job, and if a tree is coming out before we build, get it done first, because the stump and the root plate affect what we can dig.
We do not do landscape design, planting schemes or hardscape retaining walls over four feet, which is a structural retaining specialty.
We do not treat for pests. Mosquito, tick and termite treatment all require a licensed pest control operator.
We do not build pools, spas or their decking surrounds, and we do not touch pool equipment.
None of this is emergency work
Nothing in this section is emergency-eligible, and we will not dispatch a crew overnight for it. A fallen fence panel and a blocked irrigation head are real problems and they are next-available-window problems.
If a tree has come down on your house, that is an arborist first and a roof repair second, and roof repair is covered around the clock.