New Construction & Deck Building in Garner, NC

New construction and decks in Garner, done the way the town needs it

Lamar Homes builds decks and handles new construction across Garner and Wake County. Family owned, licensed and insured, and we pull the permit and meet the inspector.

Unlike a reroof, a deck almost always needs a permit: the state's own guidance says deck additions are not exempt, and in Garner that goes through the Town of Garner. The North Carolina Residential Code sets footings at a minimum of 12 inches below finished grade, requires corrosion-resistant flashing at the ledger and specifically prohibits aluminum flashing on a deck, and caps stair stringers at 7 feet between supports. Those are the things that fail on decks that were never inspected.

Garner mixes older ranches near downtown with the subdivisions along US 70 and NC 50, so roofs range from third-cycle to first. On an older home that usually means replacing a deck built before those rules; on a newer one it usually means the builder's deck reaching the end of its boards while the frame is still sound.

South Wake is pine country, and pine needles are the debris that shortens a Garner roof and clogs a Garner gutter. Shade and debris decide the material as much as the budget.

• Wake County, consultations scheduled the same week
• Built to the NC Residential Code
• Permit pulled, inspector met
• Wood, composite or PVC, honestly compared