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Ridgeline DecksFrederick, MD · since 2006 (301) 555-0142
Deck building · Frederick and Frederick County

Pressure-treated, cedar, composite. Built to code, priced up front.

Answer a few questions about the deck you want and see a real price range in about a minute. No callback needed to get a number, and no pressure when you do.

Free on-site measure MHIC licensed and insured Five-year workmanship warranty
Instant price range
Free on-site measureWe confirm the number before a footing is dug.
Five-year warrantyOn workmanship, in writing, on every build.
Permits and inspectionsWe draw it, file it and meet the inspector. HOA approval is on you.
Our own carpentersEmployees, not subcontractors, cutting every stringer.
What we build

Backyard decks, start to finish

Footings, framing, decking, railing, stairs and tear-out of the old deck, all in the quote. We do not leave you a pile of rotten boards.

Most popular

Pressure-treated decks

Ground-contact pine on concrete footings below frost depth, hidden fasteners where they belong. Our standard rate is quoted per square foot.

The classic

Cedar decks

Western red cedar decking and rail caps on a treated frame. Looks better, still wood, still gets sealed every few years.

Low maintenance

Composite decks

Capped composite boards in gray, brown and walnut tones. Never needs staining, never splinters, never gets sanded again.

Priced by the foot

Railing

Wood pickets, black aluminum, composite posts with aluminum balusters, or cable rail. Quoted per foot, so you see what it costs.

Counted by the riser

Stairs and landings

Stringers, treads, a landing pad and a graspable handrail. A typical 42-inch deck is six risers to the yard.

Site visit

Repairs, reboards and restains

Soft boards, wobbly rails, a tired finish. We come look, usually within two business days.

How we price

A range you can plan around, before anyone drives out

The form at the top of this page uses our real rates. It shows a range rather than a single number because your tape measure and our framing square will not agree to the inch.

Tell us about the deck

Square footage, material, height, railing, stairs, tear-out and whether we pull the permit. The same questions we ask on every phone call, answered in a minute.

See the range

Midpoint plus or minus 8%. Jobs under our $6,500 minimum quote at the minimum. Very large builds get a site visit instead of a number.

We measure and confirm

Free visit, exact price, written warranty. Travel is priced from your ZIP, and our winter booking discount rate (-8%) applies from December 1 to February 28.

Service area

Based in Frederick. We travel, and we say what it costs.

Your ZIP code sets the travel line on your estimate. No surprises on the invoice, and no free 90-minute drives that get built into everyone else’s price.

  • Local: Frederick and Frederick CountyZIPs 217xx
    No travel fee
  • Outer ring: Montgomery, Howard, Carroll and Loudoun VAZIPs 208xx, 209xx, 210xx, 211xx and 201xx
    +$95
  • Everywhere else we travelAny other ZIP we can reach
    +$195 and +5%
Notes for anyone evaluating the demo
  • Priced path. Pick New deck build, then: 320 sq ft, capped composite, 30 inches to 5 feet, 56 ft of railing, black aluminum, 6 risers, tear-out Yes, permit Yes, hot tub No. Use ZIP 21701. The live engine returns $25,023 – $29,374 with the disclaimer, and the lead lands in the demo account’s inbox.
  • Travel zones. Repeat with ZIP 20852 (Rockville, outer ring, +$95) for $25,110 – $29,477, or ZIP 21201 (Baltimore, the catch-all zone, +$195 and +5%) for $26,453 – $31,054.
  • Out of area. Use ZIP 99901. The visitor gets a polite decline instead of a price, and the lead is still captured.
  • Over the ceiling. Enter 1200 sq ft with the rest unchanged. The midpoint clears the service’s $40,000 threshold, so the widget routes to “we’ll take a proper look” rather than printing a number.
  • Minimum floor. 80 sq ft, pressure-treated, under 30 inches, 0 ft of railing, wood pickets, 0 risers, No, No, No. The job works out to $2,240 and comes back at the $6,500 minimum: $6,500 – $7,020.
  • A rule that trips the minimum. Same as above with 120 sq ft and hot tub Yes. That answer raises the job floor rather than adding dollars, so the range is $12,000 – $12,960.
  • Validation. Enter 5000 sq ft. The widget refuses on that step, because the question is bounded at 80 to 1,200 sq ft.
  • Routing mode. Pick Deck repair, reboard or restain. That service is in site-visit mode, so it never shows a price at all.
  • Season. The figures above are the no-season case. From December 1 to February 28 the winter booking discount (-8%) applies to every priced figure; the priced path then returns $23,021 – $27,024.
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