What We Build and How We Build It
Composite decking is our usual recommendation between Hillsborough Avenue and the bay. It cannot rot, gives termites nothing to eat, and keeps its color through the double dose of UV that a shadeless Florida backyard delivers. Under it we frame with ground-contact pressure-treated lumber, set on real concrete footings rather than deck blocks, because sandy soil and afternoon thunderstorms are hard on shortcuts. Many of our Town 'n' Country projects also involve the neighborhood's beloved screened lanais — replacing spongy old wood floors inside existing screen enclosures, or building new decks designed to accept a screen room later.
Standard on every deck we build here:
- Hurricane-rated post and beam connections, engineered as one continuous load path
- Stainless-steel or coated fasteners selected for salt-tinged bay air
- Flashed, properly bolted ledgers that protect the block-to-frame connection
- Hillsborough County permitting handled start to finish by our office
Where owners want shade over the new space, we add pergolas and roofed sections tied to the same footings — never bolted on as an afterthought.
Built by a Company That Will Still Be Here
A deck is a structure your family stands on, so the builder's track record is not a small detail. Alpine Exteriors has spent 25 years building exteriors and outdoor structures, with more than 2,000 completed projects, and every deck carries our 25-year workmanship warranty. If a connection we made ever loosens or a board we fastened ever fails from workmanship, we return and fix it — that is the whole policy, without asterisks.
Estimates are free and on-site. We look at your soil, drainage, sun angles, and how the deck should meet the house, then give you a written design-and-price you can actually compare against other bids. If your backyard between the Veterans Expressway and the bay is still just grass and a concrete pad, it is worth an hour to see what it could be.
