Decks in Salem, MA
Custom decks built to outlast the weather
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Decks for Salem Homes
The most common failure we see on Salem decks is the ledger: the board bolting the deck to the house. Done without proper flashing it channels water straight into the band joist, and given the harshest exterior exposure we work in: salt air, nor easter wind loading, and wind-driven rain that finds any flashing detail that was rushed, that rots quietly behind the siding for years.
A deck is a structure, not a surface. Footings below frost, a ledger flashed properly into the house, and guardrails that meet code - get those right and the decking material is the fun part.
What Salem Properties Actually Need
- The housing stock here
- The historic stock here has original wood detailing that the commission expects preserved, so a repair is a matching exercise and a documentation exercise at the same time.
- Working on the site
- Tight lots and narrow historic streets leave almost no room for containers or staging.
- Permits and inspections
- One of the strictest historic review environments in the state, and approval precedes any exterior work.
What Goes Wrong in the North Shore
Rot at the ledger
An unflashed ledger sends water into the band joist. It is the most dangerous deck failure there is, and it is completely hidden.
Frost heave
Footings that stop short of frost depth lift and drop every winter until the deck is visibly out of level and pulling at the house.
Unpermitted work
A deck built without a permit and footing inspection becomes a problem at closing when you sell - and sometimes a safety issue long before that.
Decks Services We Provide in Salem
- Stairs, railings, and built-in benches
- Composite, cedar, and pressure-treated decking
- Ground-level and elevated decks
- Deck repair, re-decking, and structural reinforcement
- Custom deck design and layout
- Multi-level decks and landings
How Your Salem Project Runs
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Free Estimate
Call us and we come out to your property, walk the job with you, and put real numbers on paper - no cost, no obligation.
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Scope & Timeline
We agree on the exact scope, materials, and a clear start-to-finish timeline before a single tool comes off the truck.
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We Build It
Our own carpenters do the work - framing, roofing, windows, decks. One crew, one point of contact, no subcontractor roulette.
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Final Walkthrough
We walk the finished job with you and don't call it done until you say it is. Site left clean.
Custom decks throughout Salem and the North Shore, permitted and built to code. Free estimate - (508) 598-8704.
Questions
Decks in Salem - FAQ
Yes - Salem is part of our regular service area. We're based at 190 Bolton St, Unit 11, Marlborough, MA 01752, and decks is one of the 8 services we handle in-house.
- (508) 598-8704
- 190 Bolton St, Unit 11, Marlborough, MA 01752
- @ofirconstruction
- Serving all of Massachusetts
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