Every community we serve
Lot conditions change what a deck build costs and how it gets done. Older inner-city lots mean hand-carrying material through a narrow side yard. Newer subdivisions mean flat, clay-heavy yards. Rural properties mean room to work and longer runs to the build site.
Ottawa's west end
Kanata
Mature-canopy Beaverbrook streets and 1990s-2000s Bridlewood subdivisions.
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Postwar and infill
Nepean
City View and Parkwood Hills lots with narrow side access.
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South of the Jock River
Barrhaven
Newer subdivisions with small, flat, clay-heavy yards.
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East end
Orleans
1970s-2000s housing where original decks are at replacement age.
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East and southeast
Gloucester
Established streets mixed with newer infill builds.
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West-end growth
Stittsville
Historic Main Street alongside rapid subdivision expansion.
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Dense inner city
Vanier
Early-1900s housing, small lots and tight rear-yard access.
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On the Rideau River
Manotick
Long Island and village lots, larger yards and estate properties.
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Historic southwest village
Richmond
Village core with newer subdivision growth around it.
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South-end village
Metcalfe
Village in an agricultural area with exposed, windy lots.
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Near the Castor River
Osgoode
South-end village with river-adjacent properties.
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Along the Ottawa River
Cumberland
Village core plus surrounding rural land in the east end.
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Same deck, same material, different address, different price. These are the three reasons.
Access for material
A Vanier row lot with a metre-wide side passage means every joist and board is carried in by hand. A Greely acre lot means the truck backs up to the build.
Ground and grade
Clay-heavy Barrhaven yards, rock closer to surface on parts of the Carp Ridge, and sloped lots all change excavation time for footings.
Age of the house
A 1910 Vanier rear wall and a 2015 Barrhaven rim joist take a ledger connection very differently, and some older walls call for a freestanding frame instead.
Questions about our service area
Do you charge more to work outside the greenbelt?
Travel is not a separate line item on our quotes. What does change the price is what the site demands: rural properties usually have easier material access and more room to work, while tight urban lots add labour hours for hand-carrying. The quote reflects the site, not the postal code.
My community is not listed. Do you still come out?
The 15 pages here cover where most of our work sits, but the service area is the City of Ottawa broadly. Call or send the address and we will tell you straight away whether it is something we can take on.
Does the permit process change depending on where I live in Ottawa?
The building permit requirement is the same City-wide, triggered once an attached deck's walking surface is more than 600 mm above adjacent grade, or once a freestanding deck is both over 600 mm and larger than 10 square metres. What does vary by property is zoning: setbacks from lot lines and any drainage easement on the lot are specific to your address, and a rural lot and an inner-city lot are held to different setback numbers.
Can you look at a deck before we buy the house?
Yes. A pre-purchase deck inspection is a normal request, and the written assessment covers footings, ledger connection, fasteners and guard compliance. It is worth doing on any property where the deck is a selling feature, because a deck that needs replacing is a five-figure line item.