Deck Repair & Replacement in Pflugerville, TX
For 40+ years, All Seasons has built custom deck repair & replacement for Pflugerville homeowners. 5,000+ outdoor projects completed across Central Texas. Fixed pricing, full warranties, same crew start-to-finish.
All Seasons Decks repairs decks in Pflugerville, and nearly every structural call here traces back to the same cause: expansive black clay moving shallow footings. The symptoms are a deck that tilts, a widening gap at the back door, or posts that have lifted off their blocks. We fix the footings, not just the symptoms, so the same repair is not needed again in three years.
Reading the Signs of Clay Movement
Pflugerville's clay swells after heavy rain and shrinks in drought. On a deck with shallow footings, that shows up as posts lifting in wet months and dropping in dry ones. Watch for boards that slope toward or away from the house, joist hangers pulled partly off, gaps that open and close with the seasons, and deck doors that scrape or stick.
We check levels across the deck and look at each footing. If they are shallow, we support the deck, install new footings below the active clay, and reset the posts. For one section of a deck this typically runs $3,000 to $8,000.
Low Decks Rot From Below
Most Pflugerville decks sit low off slab homes, with little air under them. Damp clay, poor drainage and no ventilation keep joists wet, and the bottoms of joists and beams rot before the boards look bad. We check the underside by pulling a board or two where needed.
When low framing has rotted, we replace it with ground-contact treated lumber, fix the grade so water drains away, and open up ventilation. If the frame is sound, resurfacing with composite and new railings on a 300 sq ft deck runs $8,000 to $15,000.
Repair or Replace in Pflugerville
If every footing is shallow and the framing is wet, a rebuild on the existing footprint is often the smarter spend. At $40 to $60 per sq ft, a 200 sq ft deck is $8,000 to $12,000. Permits are issued by the City of Pflugerville, and new footings or framing will generally need one.
Before You Call: What to Check
You can learn a lot about a Pflugerville deck in five minutes. Lay a level across the boards near the house and near the outer edge and see which way they slope. Look at the gap where the deck meets the house and note whether it changes between seasons. Check the tops of posts for hangers pulled partly away, and push on railing posts to feel for movement.
If a door scrapes on the deck or the gap at the house has grown, call us at (512) 812-8168. Those are signs the footings are moving, and they are cheaper to fix before joists start pulling loose.
If one corner has clearly dropped, keep heavy loads like a hot tub or large planters off that side until it has been checked. Most footing repairs take 1 to 4 days of work.
We Know Pflugerville Backyards
Pflugerville sits on Blackland Prairie clay, some of the most expansive soil in Central Texas. Most homes here were built in the last few decades on standard suburban lots, and most sit in an HOA. The clay is what makes a Pflugerville deck or patio cover last or fail, so footing design comes first. We build decks, covered patios, pergolas, gazebos and screened porches across Pflugerville.
Permits, HOAs, soil and local building tips for Pflugerville
"Pflugerville is black clay. It swells up when it's wet and cracks open when it's dry, and it'll pick up a shallow footing and move it. So we go deeper and keep water away. Yards here are mostly standard size, which is good for a covered patio off the back door. That's the project we get asked about most."
- Peter Toomey, Founder
Why Deck Repair & Replacement Matter Here
A failing deck isn't a cosmetic problem, it's a safety problem. Most deck collapses trace back to two failure points: the ledger connection pulling away from the house, and rotted posts or footings giving way under load. Both hide from view until they let go, usually when the deck is full of people. In Central Texas, our expansive clay soil heaves footings seasonally and our brutal sun cooks fasteners and flashing. A deck that was built fine in 2005 may not be fine today. An inspection costs you a phone call; ignoring the wobble can cost a lot more.
A Straight Answer, Not a Sales Pitch
We tell you whether your deck is worth repairing before we quote anything. If replacement is the smarter spend, we say so and show you why - rot you can probe, connections you can see moving. No scare tactics, no invented urgency.
42 Years of Diagnostic Experience
Since 1984 we've built, repaired, and torn out thousands of Central Texas decks. We know exactly where decks fail here: ledger flashing, post bases, stair stringers, and footings in clay soil. We check the failure points other contractors walk right past.
Repairs Done to Current Code
Old decks were often built to codes that no longer exist - 2x2 railings, notched posts, nailed ledgers. When we repair, we bring the repaired sections up to today's standards, so your deck is genuinely safer, not just prettier.
Fixed Written Pricing
Repair work is where some contractors love to 'discover' problems mid-job. Not us. After we open things up and assess, your quote is your price, in writing. We've been estimating this work long enough to get it right the first time.