Serving the greater Tampa Bay area

Deck Repair and Resurfacing in St. Petersburg

Ask me about a St. Pete deck and my first question is how close you are to the water. Salt air goes after the hardware before it goes after the wood, so the trouble usually shows up small: rusted screw heads, a railing that's loose because the fasteners let go, boards that never quite dry out on a shaded lot.

I'm Ricky Powers. I've been working on homes in Tampa Bay for 30+ years, and I still walk every job myself. When you call, you talk to me.

What we do on a deck

We work on the deck that's already there, and we build low ones that sit on the ground.

Board replacement, from a couple of soft spots to the whole surface.
Resurfacing, new decking laid over a frame that's still good.
Railing repair and replacement, with hardware picked for how close you are to the bay.
Sanding, cleaning, and refinishing.
Gates that dropped, dragged, or stopped latching.
Screen repair on a porch or lanai you already have.
Low decks that sit on the ground, built new.

What we don't take on

Raised and elevated decks, structural framing and footings, and decks that tie into the house are outside what we do right now. If that's the job, say so when you call and you'll get a straight answer the same day rather than a slow no.

Salt air, and what it does first

Near the bay, the fasteners usually fail before the boards do. A cheap screw rusts, its head shears off, and the board it was holding starts to lift a little every time somebody walks on it. Then the railing goes loose. Then a nail head snags a bare foot.

When we replace hardware close to the water, we use stainless or heavily coated fasteners. It's a few dollars more on the job and it's the difference between a repair that holds and one you call us back about.

Small yards, older houses

Most of the decks here are on bungalows and mid-century homes with backyards that were never big to start with. The deck is often really a landing and a few steps, or a small platform tucked against the back of the house.

That kind of work wants a careful hand. A crew that's quick on a new build will tear up sixty-year-old trim getting to a rotten board. We'd rather take the extra hour and leave the house looking like nobody was there but the new wood.

One crew, and a straight answer

You won't get handed off. The crew that pulls the old boards lays the new ones and sweeps up on the last day. And if the frame under your deck is past saving, I'll tell you that instead of selling you a surface that sits on top of the real problem.