Services
in Kansas City

KC Deck Builds offers fifteen services across the Kansas City metro, grouped above into four categories by the kind of structure involved. New decks, deck repairs and deck replacements are the core of our work, and the other twelve services build on the same footings, framing and connections:

Deck Builder

the deck itself, from new construction in wood or composite to repair, resurfacing, expansion and replacement of an existing deck.

General Contractor

structures that add a roof, screen walls or an entry: covered decks, screened porches, porches, and low decks for yards where a patio is being considered.

Carpenter

railings and stairs built as their own projects on a deck that's staying.

Gazebo Builder

new gazebos, and repair or replacement of existing ones.

Each category page explains how the services in its group differ. Each service page covers one job: how it's built, the code requirements that shape it and what drives its cost.

These services all create outdoor space beyond an open deck. What separates them structurally is what each one has to carry and where it sits:

Covered deck

a roof over a new or existing deck, with open sides. The roof's weight, including snow, comes down through posts, beams and footings sized for it.

Screened porch

a roofed room with screen walls, built new or on an existing deck. Gaps between deck boards are the easiest way in for insects, so the floor is planned with the roof and screen walls.

Porch

a structure at an entry door, front or back. Its landing and steps often serve the home's required exit, so door-landing rules apply along with the deck rules.

Patio construction

ground-level and low decks for yards where a patio is the first idea. How far the door sits above the yard, how the ground slopes and where rain runs decide which structure fits.

Gazebo construction

a freestanding roofed structure away from the house. Wind pushes up on its roof as well as down, so the foundation has to hold it down as well as hold it up.

Adding any roof to an existing deck depends on whether the deck's footings and frame can carry the extra load, which the covered deck page explains in detail.

Many projects involve more than one service, and planning them together changes how the structure is built. A deck that will get a roof, now or later, needs footings and posts sized for the roof from the start, because piers sized for an open deck aren't sized to carry a share of a roof as well. A replacement is the simplest time to move the stairs or change the deck's size, since the frame is being rebuilt anyway.

Resurfacing and railing work often go together. Railing posts are fastened to the frame, so the railing decision is made before the new boards are cut, and an existing railing can stay only if its posts are solid at their connection to the frame. Repairs to joists, posts or the ledger come before any new decking goes down, because the boards will cover them again. An expansion that adds a level or new stairs is designed around how the existing deck was built, so the old structure is evaluated first.

Combined work can be priced in one estimate, with each part listed separately so the cost of each piece of the project is visible.