About Shawnee Deck Builders
A deck company working Shawnee and the surrounding Johnson County towns, built around the parts of the job that get covered up and never looked at again.
We Work One County, and We Work It Properly
Staying inside Johnson County is a deliberate choice, because the details that matter in deck work are local ones. The 36-inch pier depth, the 30-inch permit trigger, the 2018 code edition Shawnee adopted, the deck guideline the county publishes, the fact that treated demolition lumber has to go to the municipal landfill on Holliday Drive rather than a debris pit. A crew driving in from two counties over learns those the expensive way, on your job. We build new decks, re-deck over sound framing, repair rot and failed ledgers, fit railings and stairs, stain and seal, and roof or screen the whole structure. All of it with one crew.
- ✓ Locally owned and run
- ✓ One county, worked properly
- ✓ Permit drawings included
- ✓ Written prices, always
- ✓ No subcontracted middle
- ✓ Debris hauled and disposed
The Standards We Hold Ourselves To
None of these cost much. All of them are routinely skipped, and all of them are invisible by the time the deck is finished, which is exactly why they get skipped.
Footings before concrete
Piers to 36 inches, inspected in the ground, with clean hole bottoms before anything is poured.
Flashing every ledger
Corrosion-resistant metal, at least 0.019 inches thick, so water cannot reach the band joist.
Tape on the joists
Butyl along the tops of joists and beams, self-sealing around every fastener that goes through.
One metal throughout
Hot-dip galvanized to ASTM A153 or stainless, with connectors matched so nothing corrodes galvanically.
Guards you can lean on
Every guard post gets tested by hand before we leave, because 200 pounds is the standard it has to meet.
The drawings handed over
You keep the same plot plan and framing set that went to the Building Codes Division.
The housing stock we actually work on
Shawnee has around 30,142 housing units and roughly 69,721 residents, and about 73.7 percent of homes are owner-occupied, which is the number that matters in this trade: owners fix decks, renters call landlords. The age of the stock runs on a visible east-west gradient.
East of Nieman Road it is 1960s to 80s ranches and split-levels, mostly on their second or third deck. West of I-435, subdivisions like Woodsonia, Grey Oaks, and Monticello are 1990s and newer, often with walkout basements and tall elevated decks. Different jobs entirely.
Nobody inspects a deck again after the final sign-off. Not for thirty years. That is the whole reason we do the buried parts the slow way, because you will never see them, and neither will anyone else until something goes wrong.
36-Inch Piers
Footings reach the depth Shawnee sets, below frost.
Flashed Ledgers
Metal over every ledger before decking covers it.
Taped Framing
Butyl along joist tops, where rot actually starts.
County Coverage
Shawnee, Lenexa, Overland Park, and the rest of Johnson County.
Deck Work Across Johnson County
We cover Shawnee first, then the rest of Johnson County: Lenexa, Overland Park, Merriam, Mission, Olathe, Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Lake Quivira, and De Soto. Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, and the Kansas City, KS side are in range too. Permit rules change at the city line, so we confirm which office your address answers to.
Ready to Talk About Your Deck?
Call and tell us what you have in mind. We walk the site, take measurements, and put the number in writing before a single board is ordered.