This page is intended to help you in making a choice of who to hire for your upcoming project. Selection of the right people to work with will make everything run smoothly during the project. Affordable Deck and Building Company offers these helpful tips and advantages for why you should choose us:

Does the contractor know what they are talking about?

This is what Affordable Deck and Building Company has a great deal of pride in. Materials, lumber grades, maintenance-free products, construction, loads, spans, fastening systems, and everything else.

In addition, Affordable Deck and Building Company does the following:

• We offer all cedar or the much less maintenance aluminum balusters for the same price.
• We've been working with Trex (www.trex.com) for quite a while now and recommend it for many customers. We offer many versions of Trex accents with the real looking wood grain. We'll show you many pictures and examples to choose from.
• We hand pick all cedar and pressure treated wood before installation. Ask your contractor this before you hire them! Taking the time to use the right materials makes a big difference.

Workmanship

Affordable Deck will do a job right! Whether we are doing a small or large job, you can be sure that you are going to have a reliable product when we are finished.

Affordable Deck and Building Company does the following:

• Mitered corners, not butted up corners like many people do.
• All decks have oversized beams and joists. So go ahead, invite everyone when you entertain and don't worry about overloading a structure that we build. We double up 2x12's for beams and use 2x10's for floor joists typically.
• All railings and decking are screwed down and not shot nailed like others like to do because it is faster. Screws take longer, but are much stronger and give a much better finish - and that is what is important to us.
• All footings are oversized on the bottom to prevent any possibility of heaving. Most contractors don't do this! There is no chance of upward movement of the footing when this is done, so we do it for all of our deck footings. Building code doesn't typically require this, so most don't do it - we only do it this way.
• We only build stairways with 4 stringers. Our staircases look the best and are very solid. It costs us more to build it this way and we are still competitive with contractors who use techniques that are much cheaper.

Ask for references

Talk with some of the contractor's former customers. They can help you decide if a particular contractor is right for you.

Ask these questions when you speak with a reference:

• Can I visit your home to see the completed job?
• Were you satisfied with the project? Was it completed on time?
• Did the contractor keep you informed about the status of the project, and any problems along the way?
• Were there unexpected costs? If so, what were they?
• Did workers show up on time? Did they clean up daily and after finishing the job?
• Are you pleased with the quality of work?
• Could you communicate well with the contractor?
• Did the company fulfill their contract?
• Would you use the contractor again and recommend him?

Do you feel comfortable with and trust the person you are about to hire?

This is the most important question to ask of yourself. Your answer to that question should make the hiring decision a little easier. Professionals will be more likely to finish your job in a timely manner. You will find that Affordable Deck and Building Company is professional and does what they say they are going to do.