Decks, Porches & Pergolas in Charlotte, NC

Charlotte summers are humid enough that the inside of the house stops being the room anyone wants to be in by July, which is exactly why a covered porch or deck earns its keep here more than almost any other project. Around Steele Creek and the newer subdivisions where lots run bigger, a deck or a pergola turns unused backyard into the room the family actually lives in from May through September, and because it's the same crew doing the framing as the stair work and the carpentry inside, a covered porch with built-in steps and trim comes together as one project instead of three separate hires.

Red-clay soil is the part that catches people off guard — it holds water differently than sandy soil, drains slower, and shifts more with the seasons, which matters a lot when it's holding deck footings or porch posts. Building for the actual dirt instead of a generic spec is what keeps a deck from developing a wobble two years in.