A wooden deck with steps leading up to it, situated in a backyard with trees and a fence. The deck has a raised platform with benches and a pergola with decorative butterfly ornaments. There is also a pink patio umbrella and some chairs visible in the background.

Decks, Fencing, And Landscaping Renovations

The Perimeter Of Your Home

A small outdoor wooden deck with black wicker chairs, a small table, and potted flowers, surrounded by a wooden railing with black posts.

Sometimes the project takes you outside as well where a whole host of decks, fencing, and landscaping can be done to compliment the outside of your home. Relaxing in the warmer months is much more enjoyable in the yard when the place you’re sitting in is brought to life

Moving to the outside of the home changes things up in terms of what can be done. Here are some options that the outside part of your home can be used for.

Deck Plan

1. Decks come in a whole assortment of different layouts to setup on your property. A plan can be drawn up to decide the dimensions, where and how to place it, and what material you’d like it to be built out of. Common choices are different variations of vinyl decking and wood such as pressure treated lumber, cedar, redwood, and pine.

A wet wooden deck in a backyard with a red fence, patio chairs, a glass table with drinks, and a neighboring brick house in the background.

Fencing

2. Fencing has some of the same overlap with decks with a few differences. We can build fencing to border off your home from a neighbors property, setup a gate leading to a backyard, or make a showpiece to section off a part of the backyard that has a gathering area. These are usually built from pressure treated wood, different choices of wood such as cedar, redwood, PVC vinyl and cypress, or even metals such as iron or steel.

New red wooden privacy fence installed in the backyard of a brick house, with a gate and small stairs, adjacent to a driveway and partially visible silver car.

Landscaping

3. Landscaping can be a large part of your back or front property as well and there are many options. Paths can be drawn and dug out on the property wherever chosen and covered using different gravels or stone. These can also border gardens, or parts of the property that need to be sectioned off for a more aesthetically pleasing look.

These pair very well with an area of the property where social gatherings will happen such as a gazebo, fire pits, greenhouses, saunas, and outdoor cooking areas made of stone.