Decking Replacement · Friday Harbor, WA · San Juan County
Friday Harbor decks live in moss country — nine wet months a year eat cedar boards from the top and rot ledgers from behind. We replace the decking and railing on structurally sound frames, and flash the house connection like the wall penetration it is.
Free on-site assessment — frame inspected, composite and cedar quoted side by side.
Here's the honest economics of Friday Harbor decks: the boards fail long before the frame does. On the town's shaded uphill lots, cedar decking grays, splinters, and goes soft within 15–20 wet years — moss does half the damage — while the pressure-treated joists underneath often have decades left. Resurfacing — new decking and railing on your existing frame — captures that difference, typically saving thousands over a full rebuild.
To be clear about what we do: we replace decking on existing, structurally sound frames — we don't build new decks from the ground up. The frame verdict comes first: we probe joists, posts, and the ledger connection before quoting. On harbor-view decks that take salt spray with the weather, we check the hardware as closely as the wood — corroded connectors fail before boards do. If the structure passes, you get composite-ready spacing corrections and new boards. If it doesn't, we tell you straight.
The detail most Friday Harbor decks get wrong is the ledger — the board bolting the deck to your house. Water that gets behind it rots the house wall itself, which turns a deck project into a rot restoration. As a siding contractor, we flash that connection to wall standards, not deck-builder shortcuts — and on the town's oldest homes, the wall behind that ledger may be original 1900s-era lumber worth protecting.
Three capped-composite lines plus cedar — samples in hand at your estimate, quoted side by side.
No good-better-best games — every project gets the full scope, spelled out line by line in your bid.
If our installation fails, we come back and make it right. The warranty terms are spelled out in your bid — ask us for the current details.
A free assessment at your Friday Harbor home — frame probed, composite and cedar quoted honestly.
