Local
Rear Yard Easements and Where a Meridian Deck Can Go
Meridian subdivision lots carry recorded easements that quietly decide how deep a deck can be. What the figures are, why they matter, and where to find them.
Field Notes
Short pieces on decks in this valley
Things that come up on Treasure Valley projects and do not fit neatly into a guide: easements, architectural committees, when the season really opens, and what twenty years of high desert sun does to a 2000s subdivision deck.
Local
Getting a Deck Past a Meridian Architectural Committee
Most Meridian subdivisions have an architectural committee, and the city itself says to check with yours. What they want to see and how to stay on schedule.
Process
What Twenty Years Does to a 2000s Meridian Deck
Bear Creek, Baldwin Park and the rest of the early 2000s wave are two decades in. Decks from that era fail in a predictable order, and only the last matters.
How To
Why Treasure Valley Decks Go Gray So Fast
Wood decks here lose color faster than people expect. The cause is ultraviolet light rather than weather, and the mechanism changes what you put on the boards.
How To
Putting a Hot Tub on a Deck in Idaho
A filled hot tub with people in it is a load that sits outside every prescriptive deck framing table. What that means for framing, footings and the quote.
Numbers
Deck or Paver Patio for a Flat Meridian Yard?
On level Meridian ground a paver patio is often cheaper and lower maintenance, and a deck is still sometimes right. How the two compare on cost, upkeep and use.
Numbers
The First Deck on a New Build in Meridian
Century Farm, Bainbridge and the newer Meridian streets are full of houses with a back door onto bare ground. Six things to settle before the first deck.
Process
Elevated Decks on Boise and Eagle Foothills Lots
Meridian is flat. Ten miles east the ground climbs, and a sloped lot turns a simple deck into a different structure at a different price. Here is what changes.
Process
Reading Two Deck Quotes Side by Side
Two builders quote the same yard six thousand dollars apart, and usually they are not quoting the same deck. Seven lines on the page explain most of the gap.
Looking for the longer material instead? The build guides cover cost, permits, footings, code, materials, and layout in depth, starting with the Meridian deck guide.
Thinking about a deck this season?
Call (208) 314-4914 or use the quote form for a free written price on any deck project in the Treasure Valley.