Riverview Decks

Riverview Decks East Tennessee's finest deck specialists that care about your needs.

Friendly and dedicated team
In-house experienced carpenters
Clear and honest communication
Innovative approach to deck building

โ˜€๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€? ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธโ€ฆSummer is the season for ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป,...
06/04/2026

โ˜€๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€? ๐—œ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธโ€ฆ

Summer is the season for ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป, ๐—•๐—•๐—ค ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€. ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒฟ

Unfortunately, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜โ€ฆ ๐ŸฆŸ

So you can gear up with three cans of bug spray, citronella candles, and the battle-worn fly swatter already.

๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€โ€ฆ ๐Ÿ‘€

You have a ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ like the one below with:

โœ… a full screened enclosure that ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜
โœ… a roof cover to ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€
โœ… low-maintenance, splinter-free, heat-resistant ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜
โœ… a wide entertainment ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด
โœ… sleek gutters and stone borders for ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ during Tennesseeโ€™s summer storms
โœ… and indoor comfort right in your backyard, so you can ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜€!

๐Ÿก ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜!

05/30/2026

โš ๏ธ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป...

Building codes are ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น. They are a ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ.

A lot of decks here in Tennessee follow ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ.

Which meansโ€ฆ

โŒ they were built on ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ (like the deck seen in the video)
โŒ they used ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ like nails instead of structural bolts
โŒ and they had ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ that failed in time.

Thankfully, the codes have evolved, so now when you get a new deck:

โœ… it must follow ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€, with engineered connections and load resistance that lasts
โœ… it must use ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ like bolts or lag screws (relying on nails alone is forbidden)
โœ… and guardrails must be ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, with weak fastening methods no longer passing inspections.

Itโ€™s important to stay ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ and make sure your space is ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€. โค๏ธ

๐Ÿ“ž ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ (๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฑ) ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. ๐—ก๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ.

05/21/2026

Hereโ€™s another one! ๐Ÿค” What's going on in this video? ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜†!

05/15/2026

Morning coffee. Birds singing. Great start of the day. ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธโ€ฆ

05/01/2026

Your deck builder shows you this ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ. What do you do:

A) I canโ€™t see anything wrong
B) Go all-in on the wood filler and start praying
C) Remove, repair, and replace the ledger board

Jokes aside, thereโ€™s ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, and whoever would do something different needs his license taken away (if they have one in the first place).

๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น.

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜†: ๐—” ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ปIf you are planning to replace your deck, youโ€™ll hear a ...
04/24/2026

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜†: ๐—” ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป

If you are planning to replace your deck, youโ€™ll hear a lot about โ€œ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€โ€, โ€œ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€โ€, โ€๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€...

In short, a bunch of technical terms that most folks are unfamiliar with.

Donโ€™t worry. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ.

You can stay on top of things and gain more insights into your ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒโ€ฆ

By getting familiar with all the ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ that make up a ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ:

โ˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ = the big vertical pieces holding everything up
โ˜ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ = the concrete bases underground that help support the weight of the deck
โ˜ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ = the boards underneath your deck that help support it
โ˜ ๐—•๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด = the short support pieces installed between joists to keep the framing stable
โ˜ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ = the trim board around the outer edge of the deck
โ˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ = the part where your deck connects to the house
โ˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ = the part of the deck that sticks out past the support underneath it
โ˜ ๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ = the main support board that helps carry the weight of the deck
โ˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด = the bottom trim or boards that cover the space underneath
โ˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ = the slanted pieces under your stairs that hold the steps
โ˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€ = the safety barriers and grab rails around the deck and stairs
โ˜ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ = the vertical posts between the top and bottom of a railing
โ˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ = the flat part of the stair you step on
โ˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ = the vertical face between each stair step

๐Ÿ‘ท ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€.โœ…

๐Ÿก ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ? ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ?Many properties here in East TN have sloped yardsโ€ฆWhich means buil...
04/17/2026

๐Ÿก ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ? ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ?

Many properties here in East TN have sloped yardsโ€ฆ

Which means building a patio is not ideal since:

โŒ It requires more ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด to get a neat surface
โŒ Since patios are flat, ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ to avoid trapping rainwater
โŒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ may be required to hold the hill in place
โŒ And you end up ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ to adapt for the patio.

In this case, a deck is the ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป because:

โœ… You can ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ and add elevation to a deck easily
โœ… You ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ and tear up your entire yard
โœ… You get a ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป to make the most out of your space
โœ… And you enjoy an outdoor retreat thatโ€™s ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€.

We always take a good look at your space and recommend the ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

๐Ÿ“ž ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿ“ฒ (๐Ÿด๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฑ) ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ-๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ, ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น. ๐—ช๐—ฒ'๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜!

๐Ÿชต ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป?Those writings you see on lumber boards arenโ€™t meant for manufactu...
04/03/2026

๐Ÿชต ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป?

Those writings you see on lumber boards arenโ€™t meant for manufacturersโ€™ eyes only.

You can uncover the ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ for yourself and learn a lot about the material youโ€™re using!

From left to right, the stamp tells youโ€ฆ

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—• = The organization that graded and certified the lumber (โ€œSouthern Pine Inspection Bureauโ€)
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ก๐—ผ. ๐Ÿญ = The grade or quality of the lumber (No.1 = highest quality)
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ž๐——๐—›๐—ง = How the wood was prepared or conditioned (Kiln Dried and Heat Treated)
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐— ๐—ฆ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ = The mill identification number or where the board came from (manufacturer ID)
๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Ÿญ/๐Ÿฐ ๐—˜๐—˜ = Details on the boardโ€™s appearance (it has an eased edge (EE) with a 1/4 radius)

Next time you spot a stamp on a board, youโ€™ll know ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†. ๐Ÿ‘€

๐Ÿ’ญ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—œ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜†โ€ฆUnless you've got a ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„โ€ฆA new dec...
03/28/2026

๐Ÿ’ญ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—œ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜†โ€ฆ

Unless you've got a ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„โ€ฆ

A new deck can only return about ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌโ€“๐Ÿด๐Ÿฌ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ when you sell your home.

So ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—œ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป homeowners get a deck.

People upgrade their backyard space for ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

Because with a great deck you enjoy...

โ˜• ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑโ€“๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€
๐Ÿ” ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€
๐ŸŒฟ ๐—” ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€
๐Ÿก ๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†

So while a deck upgrade ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—œ...

You get ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป on a beautiful structure.

And the ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† you get to enjoy your deck.

Besides, your home value will still go up โ€” there's ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ for themselves.

Years of ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ are worth far more than chasing the last 20โ€“30% on paper.

If youโ€™re thinking about upgrading your outdoor space, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—œ.

๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ.

๐ŸŒธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜†?This is the season when your deck becomes the best spot at home.You enjoy:โœ… Fre...
03/18/2026

๐ŸŒธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! ๐—œ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜†?

This is the season when your deck becomes the best spot at home.

You enjoy:

โœ… Fresh air and warm sunshine just a few steps away
โœ… Relaxing mornings surrounded by nature's beauty
โœ… Outdoor meals with the soothing noise of birds singing
โœ… Comfortable evenings outside with family and friends
โœ… And fresh Spring memories to make your day.

A ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น-๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ helps you enjoy the season in its full beauty, without muddy yards or bugs.

Just step outside and relax. ๐ŸŒฟ

If youโ€™re planning a new deck this year, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด so you donโ€™t miss the best months outdoors.

๐Ÿ“ฉ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ s๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด-๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ.

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