About Front Range Deck Works

Why this brand exists

Plenty of outdoor structures in this region are drawn once and repeated everywhere. That works in a mild, flat, low-elevation market. It does not hold up on the Front Range, where thin air lets far more ultraviolet energy reach a board surface, where a single February afternoon can push soil through a full thaw and refreeze, and where a lot can drop several feet across the span of a modest platform. The result of ignoring those conditions is predictable: fasteners that loosen, boards that check and cup years earlier than expected, posts that shift out of plumb.

This brand was set up to work the other direction — start from the conditions, then choose the structure. That means treating altitude exposure, seasonal ground movement, and grade as inputs to the drawing rather than problems to patch after the fact. It is a way of thinking about the work, not a claim about how long anyone has been doing it.

What we won't do

We won't hand a steep foothill lot the same plan that suits a level suburban yard, or spec the same decking for a shaded, tree-covered acreage and a fully exposed south-facing elevation. We won't skip the site walk to save a step, set footings shallow because the ground looks stable in July, or push a material because it is the easiest one to order. If a design does not suit the slope, the sun, or the elevation in front of us, the honest answer is to change the design.