Trusted Deck Builder in Vallejo CA - Quality Outdoor Structures

A large share of Vallejo's housing stock was built between the 1940s and 1960s, when the city grew rapidly around the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Homes from that era were built with wood framing and materials that are now 60 to 80 years old. If a deck or fence was original to the house, there is a strong chance the wood is overdue for repair or replacement - not because it was poorly built, but because nothing lasts forever outdoors in a climate that brings real rain every winter and hard sun every summer.

The other factor that sets Vallejo apart is the clay soil that underlies much of the city. Expansive clay swells when it absorbs water and shrinks again when it dries out. Over years and decades, that movement shifts foundations, cracks concrete flatwork, and stresses the post bases on outdoor structures. Deck posts that were set without adequate depth or the right concrete work can shift noticeably on clay soils, and a contractor who has not encountered this in Vallejo before may not plan for it. We account for soil conditions during every on-site estimate in this city.

Vallejo is a city of about 120,000 people at the northern edge of San Francisco Bay in Solano County. It sits where the bay narrows toward the Carquinez Strait, directly across the water from Benicia. The city is most widely known for Mare Island Naval Shipyard, the first U.S. Navy base on the West Coast, which operated for over 140 years before closing in 1996 and is now being redeveloped with housing and light industry. That history shaped the city's character and its housing stock - most of Vallejo was built to house shipyard workers and their families, which is why so many of the city's residential neighborhoods date to the 1940s and 1950s.

Today, Vallejo is a city in transition. Long-term residents in the older neighborhoods near downtown and the Georgia Street corridor live alongside newer arrivals who are drawn by lower prices than they can find closer to San Francisco or Oakland. The hills to the north and east of downtown, near Marine World Parkway and beyond, have larger homes on sloped lots with views of the bay and surrounding hills. Many Vallejo residents commute by ferry to San Francisco, which means they need contractors who work on their schedule. Nearby American Canyon to the north is another community we serve, with newer housing stock and a different set of conditions than Vallejo's older neighborhoods.