Trusted Deck Builder in San Bernardino CA - Repairs and New Builds Done Right

San Bernardino has a large and varied housing stock, and a significant portion of it dates back to the postwar decades - from the 1940s through the 1970s. Homes from that era were built on concrete slab foundations, which is standard across Southern California, but those slabs and the framing on top of them have now been through 50 to 80 years of heat cycles, occasional wet winters, and the movement caused by expansive clay soils. An older deck attached to a home like that carries different risks than a deck on a newer house - the ledger connection, the footings, and the framing all need closer inspection before a repair-or-replace decision is made.

The city also sees strong Santa Ana wind events in the fall - gusts of 50 mph or more that are hard on fencing, patio covers, and anything else that is anchored to the ground but exposed to the wind. Properties in the foothill neighborhoods to the north of the city, closer to the San Bernardino National Forest, face the highest wind exposure. A contractor building or repairing outdoor structures in this city needs to account for those loads, not just for average conditions, to produce work that lasts.

San Bernardino is one of the largest cities in the Inland Empire, with a population of about 222,000 and a history that stretches back well before the postwar suburban growth that shaped most of the valley around it. The city sits at the base of the San Bernardino Mountains - visible from nearly every neighborhood - and is the county seat of San Bernardino County, the largest county by area in the contiguous United States. Historic Route 66 runs through the city, and San Bernardino is recognized nationally as a key point on that road - home to the site of the original McDonald's restaurant and surrounded by landmarks tied to mid-century American travel and commerce.

The neighborhoods across San Bernardino reflect several distinct eras of development. The older streets near downtown and along major corridors like Baseline Street feature compact single-family homes built from the 1940s through the 1960s on small to mid-sized lots. Moving north toward the foothills, the homes get larger and the lots more generous - neighborhoods near California State University, San Bernardino and the arroyos leading up toward the mountains have a different character than the flat central city. The San Bernardino National Forest begins just outside the northern city limits, and the foothill neighborhoods closest to it face more wind exposure and fire-related considerations than the valley neighborhoods below. We work alongside Loma Linda and serve all of San Bernardino, regardless of which part of the city your home is in.