DECKS
Composite and Cedar Decks for London Area Homes
Raised decks, ground level decks, multi-level builds with stairs and railings. Ontario Building Code compliant, permitted, and finished the way you'd expect.
DECKS
Raised decks, ground level decks, multi-level builds with stairs and railings. Ontario Building Code compliant, permitted, and finished the way you'd expect.
DECK BASICS
There are really two deck decisions: structure and deck boards. We frame every deck with properly sized pressure treated lumber on footings dug to frost depth, code-inspected. The real choice is what goes on top.
Composite decking (Trex-class brands and similar) is a polymer and wood fibre board that never needs staining. You hose it off once a year. It costs more up front. It lasts 25 to 30 years. Modern composite looks like real wood at six feet away, though up close it still reads as plastic to a trained eye.
Pressure treated wood is the baseline. Cheapest per square foot. Needs staining or sealing every 2 to 3 years or it greys and eventually cracks. 15 to 20 year life with good maintenance.
Cedar decking is the warm middle ground. Looks beautiful, smells incredible for the first year, ages to silver if you let it. Costs more than pressure treated, less than composite. Needs stain if you want to hold the colour.
DECK OPTIONS
Every deck we build starts with the same code-compliant frame. What changes is the deck boards, railings and trim.
Polymer and wood fibre. Trex-class product. No stain, no seal, just rinse. 25 year+ life. Premium price point.
Western red cedar. Warm tone, ages to silver, great for traditional homes. Stain every 2 to 3 years to hold colour.
Baseline decking. Cheapest build. Requires maintenance. Works for budget-driven builds where you're planning to upgrade later.
Powder coated aluminum. Modern clean look. Zero maintenance. Pairs well with composite decks.
Frameless or framed tempered glass. View-first railing for decks overlooking pools or landscaping.
Skirt boards, post wraps, rim joist covers so the deck looks finished from every angle — not just the top surface.
HOW IT WORKS
Chris measures, sketches options, talks you through material trade-offs honestly. Budget laid out before anything gets signed.
Drawings submitted to London Building for anything over 60cm off grade. We handle permit paperwork and inspection coordination.
Sono-tube footings dug to 4ft frost depth, concrete poured, inspected. Pressure treated structure built to span tables and load codes.
Boards installed with hidden fasteners where the product allows. Railings, stairs, skirt boards. Full clean finish.
Municipal inspector signs off. We walk the deck with you, check every joint, hand over warranty docs.
TRANSPARENT PRICING
Installed ranges for 2026, before HST:
A standard 300 sqft composite deck with aluminum railings and one stair run lands around $22,000 to $30,000 installed. A larger 500 sqft multi-level composite build with glass railings runs $40,000 to $60,000.
What pushes a deck quote up:
All ranges are ballpark figures for London and Southwestern Ontario, 2026. HST (13%) added as a final line on every quote.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Any deck more than 60cm (about 24 inches) off grade needs a building permit in London. Decks under that height usually don't need a permit but still need to respect setbacks and zoning. We pull the permits for anything we build that needs one.
If you hate maintenance and plan to stay in the house 10+ years, composite wins on total cost of ownership. If you love the look and smell of real wood and don't mind staining every few years, cedar is genuinely beautiful. Pressure treated is fine as a budget option but almost nobody is happy with it by year 10.
Yes. We do deck-plus-patio combos all the time — composite or cedar deck on the house side, paver or stone patio around the pool itself. The transition detail matters and we plan it from the start.
Trex-class composite brands typically offer 25 to 50 year limited warranties on the boards themselves (fade, stain, structural). Our install workmanship warranty is 2 years beyond that on anything build-related. Footings are warrantied for as long as you own the home.
Simple ground level or low deck: 1 to 2 weeks on site. Elevated multi-level with glass railings: 3 to 5 weeks. Permit wait in London is currently 4 to 6 weeks on top of the build.
READY TO GET STARTED?
Share rough dimensions, material preference and a photo of where the deck goes. We'll send a ballpark within 24 hours.