Deck repair - DeKalb County
Decatur mixes 1920s bungalows in Oakhurst and Winnona Park with post-war cottages and a steady stream of renovations and additions. Lots are small and deep, often sloping toward the back, so the deck is usually a compact elevated platform off a kitchen or new addition. The City of Decatur runs its own building permits separately from DeKalb County, and some neighbourhoods sit in local historic districts - both worth knowing before work starts.
Decatur's streets of 1920s bungalows in Oakhurst and Winnona Park, and post-war cottages further out, sit on narrow, deep lots that often slope toward the back. That makes the deck a compact elevated platform off the kitchen, used every day and close to the neighbours. Many houses here have also had rear additions, and the deck now hangs off the new part rather than the original wall.
That is the detail we look at most carefully in Decatur. A ledger that runs across both an addition and the original house can be attached to two different wall constructions, with a joint between them that was flashed well, badly, or not at all. It is also where water gets in. Beyond that, the local story is familiar: mature trees, shaded boards, and posts in clay.
Inside the city limits, permits go through the City of Decatur rather than DeKalb County, and some neighbourhoods sit inside local historic districts. Plenty of houses with a Decatur mailing address are actually outside the city, in unincorporated DeKalb, and permit through the county instead. We check which applies to your address.
Small decks are often cheap to save, so repair comes first: repairs, ledger work, post and footing repairs, resurfacing, stairs and railings, staining, screening in, replacement.
Deck repair across Fulton, DeKalb and Cobb counties:
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