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Completed jobs and jobs still under way: decks, docks, seawalls, fencing, and remodels across Carroll County and the West Georgia lakes.

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Completed

Finished composite deck with a wood rail, view out to a private boathouse dock across the water.

Long segmental-block retaining wall with freshly graded and strawed yard

Gray composite dock walkway with covered boat slips and pontoon boats moored, lake sparkling in afternoon sun

Wood fence and block retaining wall on a farm property

Composite deck stairs with dark-stained rail between brick columns, lake visible behind

Composite dock built along a concrete seawall with a cable-rail terrace, Adirondack chairs, and pontoon boat

New composite dock platform built at the water's edge, a man walking the bank beside it, a covered dock further down the same shore and lake homes behind

New stockade privacy fence line

Wide sweeping pressure-treated pool deck curving around an in-ground pool at sunset

Poolside second-story deck rebuild with new stairs down to the pool patio at a white colonial home

Wide view of a completed retaining wall, farm fence, new stairs, and fresh sod

New dock with an electric jet ski lift on the lake

Rich brown-stained deck at a farmhouse-style home with a green metal roof, blue sky and clouds

Finished stained deck with white rail, open lake view beyond.

Full exterior of a two-story house showing the elevated deck above and covered patio below, walkout glass doors, concrete patio floor.

Deck floor redone with full-length boards under lattice shadow

Black-rail deck stairs leading down to a grassy yard with a pontoon-boat dock and boathouse visible beyond.

Elevated cable-rail deck on a dark-sided house with crew working below

Finished composite deck with a natural-tone (unstained) wood rail, lake and tree-lined shoreline view, workers visible on the ground below near the water's edge.

Completed composite-floor deck rebuild with new pressure-treated rails

Completed composite walkway deck with new pine spindle railing

Covered patio support post with a black downspout tie-in, wall sconce lighting, and a glass door in the background.

New covered patio with a corrugated metal roof and wood posts, clean poured concrete slab facing a mowed lawn and wooded tree line.

New pressure-treated deck with solar post caps and a patio umbrella

Large elevated deck rebuild with a covered patio below, worker on site

New pressure-treated deck stairs and railing built to a brick home's front door

New pressure-treated pool deck perimeter with a fenced yard and swing set, dusk light

Long red-stained deck staircase descending from a pergola-topped deck down through the trees

Underside structural framing of an elevated deck: pressure-treated posts and beams supporting the deck above, black corrugated metal ceiling panel underneath, house siding and a window visible.

Finished stained deck corner with white rail and built-in bench seating, neighboring house visible beyond the rail.

Rebuilt elevated wraparound pressure-treated deck with a patio below

Red-stained wraparound deck ramp with a stone accent wall and cross-brace railing design

Second-story deck built the year before, freshly stained, with a long side staircase

Two-story house with tan vinyl siding and a green metal roof, new stained wood deck with wraparound rail and staircase, gutters along the roofline, blue sky with clouds, green shrubs and lawn.

Composite deck flooring with pressure-treated railings overlooking a golf course

Rip-rap stone seawall along a grassy lake shoreline, lake homes on the far bank

Finished composite deck corner with wood rail, wide panoramic lake view with houses visible across the water.

Completed pressure-treated lakeside dock with boathouse posts and American flag flying across the cove

Yard transformation with a block retaining wall, new farm fence and gate, and fresh sod at a white farmhouse.

Composite deck stairs with black rail descending between two brick columns to a lakeside patio, open lake visible beyond.

Elevated cable-rail walkway bridge spanning a wooded gully

Long dock walkway leading to an elevated platform with a staircase, wide lake and sky view, another dock visible at left.

Freshly stained dock with green metal-roof boat slip, pontoon boat, and wide lake panorama

Wooden stairs with black cable rail descending toward a covered lake dock; lake and tree canopy visible through the rail.

Red-stained multi-level deck with a pergola over a screened porch, built high against the tree line

Wide view of a farmyard fence line and block retaining wall

New decking and fascia board on a boardwalk out to a covered boathouse

Boat lift mechanism and pulley system inside a covered boathouse overlooking the lake

Gray composite decking freshly installed over the dock frame, pressure-treated border still raw, lake water below

Boat dock corner with stainless swim ladder over dark, tannic lake water (no boats visible in frame)

Finished covered dock and boathouse with composite decking complete, crew member sweeping the walkway, lake homes across the cove

Rip-rap stone seawall and shoreline stabilization along a lake property

Weathered wood boat dock ramp leading down to the lake with a pontoon boat moored at a covered slip

New dock decking and fascia board over lake water

Covered patio with black corrugated metal ceiling, staircase up to the second-level deck, concrete floor, and a freestanding wood bench out on the sunlit lawn beyond the posts.

Covered patio with a black corrugated metal ceiling and concrete floor, wood staircase leading up to an elevated deck with a black metal rail, backyard lawn, pool, and trees visible beyond

Crew building a redwood-stained wraparound deck with cable rail at an A-frame lake house

Underside view of an elevated deck looking up at a black corrugated metal ceiling panel and a wood rail with black metal balusters above, house siding alongside, trees in the background

New pressure-treated deck built at a red farmhouse with a screened porch

Deck

Clean pressure-treated deck attached to a tan-sided home under a blue sky

Finished stained deck with white rail and matching stairs.

Red-stained ramp-style deck with cross-brace railings at a brick-front ranch home, flowers blooming along the walk

Two-story brown-stained deck staircase against tan siding, company-branded vehicle parked in the driveway

Stained second-story deck with stairs down to a brick patio under the deck

New full-length deck boards beside a white porch rail

In-ground vinyl-liner pool with stone paver coping and a new light wood deck wrapping around it, wood privacy fence and tall pine trees behind, a child's swing set to the side.

In progress

Boathouse and boat lift under construction: gable roof framed and sheathed but not yet shingled, wood still unstained throughout, silt barrier still deployed in the water, yard not yet landscaped

Two crew members installing composite decking at the edge of a seawall, tools and hardware boxes scattered on the deck, water below.

White beadboard ceiling underside of a covered deck/porch during construction

Worker placing riprap stone along a shoreline/seawall repair, a yellow silt curtain floating in the water to contain sediment.

Close detail of a hand applying deck stain from a yellow pail onto fresh-toned deck boards

Crew in an articulated boom lift painting two-story portico columns

Crew framing an elevated second-story deck on a two-story home, ladders and lumber staged in the yard

White-columned boathouse pavilion with a peaked gable roof over a concrete swim/dock pad, open lake and treeline beyond, yellow safety float line marking a swim area; no rail installed along the pad's open edge.

Crew member nailing dock decking boards with a pneumatic nail gun, open joist section visible beneath him, boathouse and ski boat in the background.

New boards replacing rot on a lake dock walkway at golden hour

Covered boathouse with boat lift mechanism and a shingled gable roof, lake homes across the water; dock deck is unstained with no rail installed, silt curtain still visible in the water

Crew framing a dock and boathouse while standing in the lake, boats moored nearby

Boathouse/dock frame under construction: open sides with no walls or roof yet, bare unstained pressure-treated decking, tools and materials scattered on the deck.

Elevated cable-rail deck under construction at a chalet-style home, ladders staged under the new deck and a fresh wood walkway laid below it, stone-faced lower level behind

Freshly replaced pressure-treated dock decking beside a covered boathouse slip, boat moored alongside

Unstained new deck boards and rail with post lights, ready for stain

New pressure-treated dock decking freshly laid along a rock riprap seawall, crew cutting boards on sawhorses on shore

New pressure-treated dock decking boards freshly installed, no rail yet, boat ramp/steps visible at the dock edge, kayaks and grass beyond.

Bare pressure-treated joists of a new dock walkway extending over lake water, no decking laid yet, covered boathouse alongside

Dock repair under way beneath a covered boathouse, pry bars and a lumber trailer on the bank

Elevated covered pavilion deck with timber walls enclosing the space beneath it, landscape boulders and gravel spread in front, an excavation still open in the gravel

Worker applying fresh orange-toned stain across a deck floor, driveway and neighborhood visible below

Boathouse with an installed boat lift under an overcast sky, lake view beyond. Gable roof is shingled, but the dock deck is still unstained with no rail installed, and a silt curtain is still floating in the water.

Crew framing a boathouse gable roof over a boat slip, lake estate homes in the background

Deck framing in progress with joist flashing tape installed

Worker installing shingles on a boathouse gable roof over the water; one gable end still open/unsheathed.

Freshly painted portico ceiling and columns viewed from below

Under-deck rebuild in progress: new pressure-treated posts and joists over an old patio

Elevated screened deck under construction with a new staircase down to the yard

Close-up of new pressure-treated deck flooring and cable railing under construction

Before photo: rotten joists and standing water under an old deck in need of rebuild

Cable-rail deck above and a new wood boardwalk below at a chalet-style home, the boardwalk wrapping an empty garden pond basin, mid-build

New boathouse/dock build along the shoreline; crew present with construction materials staged on the ground.

New deck boards, handrails, and post lights before staining

New pressure-treated dock joists set on galvanized hangers under a covered boathouse, lake beyond; tools and lumber staged on the deck, no crew member in frame

New dock decking installation with an open trapdoor/access hatch to the water below, crew member working near a covered boat lift with a docked ski boat, basketball hoop mounted at the dock edge.

Dock decking installation with one section still open joists over the water, no decking boards on that section yet, an inflatable rubber duck floating alongside.

New dock decking installed with an open hatch section near the boat lift, pontoon boat and ski boat moored alongside, crew member standing at the far end near tools staged on a table

Repaired dock apron with new boards beside a covered boathouse

New dock frame of bare joists stretching toward open water, lake homes visible across the cove

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