Deck design services

Whether you are hiring a contractor or planning on building the deck yourself, we can help you to design a code superior compliant and safe deck for your outdoor living space. We at The Design Guy can be your personal deck designer.

Details create deck safety to give your family peace of mind
We are sure you have seen deck collapses in the news of the past few years. Now deck safety through design is key to any deck plan we produce. If a deck only meets code then it only meets the minimum code requirements, it could be said to be the worst deck you can build by law. This is not our target!

We use design information and details created by Virginia Tech as our standard. These details ensure the code officials that our decks meets and surpasses the building code. The cost difference to build a code compliant deck and our deck plans is generally less than $200.00

Our deck design packages include the details that everyone can understand ensuring that your new deck design will conform to our specifications.

We guarantee our deck design will obtain a building permit!

If we can help you design, please contact us. Read more about us.

Here is a story out of Virginia Beach in 2020 on a deck collapse by wavy tv . This will open in a new window.

Here is another story out of Richmond Virginia on another deck collapse from nbc12.com news.

We work with homeowners in all of Virginia. Some of our areas include the Greater Richmond Area, Central Virginia, City of Richmond, Fredericksburg, Town of Ashland, and Counties of Henrico, Chesterfield, Prince George, Disutanta, Waverly, Surry, Goochland, King William, King and Queen, Powhatan, Hanover, Louisa, New Kent, Caroline, South Hill, Tappahannock, Warsaw and West Point. In addition we also service the eastern shores area including Deltaville, Gloucester county, Mathews, White Marsh, Kilmarnock.