Deck Builder in Dallas, GA

West across Bartow, not down the interstate

14,714 people in 5,775 homes, 3,004 of them owner occupied. Dallas is the Paulding County town we build a page for, and the route to it runs west across Bartow, not down the interstate, which is why the drive is longer than the mileage suggests.

Houses from 2002, facing their first serious decision

Half the housing here dates to 2002 or later. At just past twenty, a pressure treated deck is at the point where the choice is real: seal it properly and get another good stretch out of it, or accept that the boards have gone and rebuild the surface on a frame that's usually still fine. Cleaning and sealing is the cheap answer and a rebuild is the permanent one, and which is right depends on what the underside looks like.

Fence work on 5,775 homes

Dallas sits between tight subdivision grid and open acreage, 5,775 homes across the two, and it produces both kinds of fence run. That split is worked through on the Dallas fence page, with materials on the fence company page.

57.6 percent owner occupied

Owner occupancy here runs 57.6 percent, just below the middle of our markets. That's a market where a patio cover is bought for use, not for show, which usually points at a simple, solid structure over the door people actually walk out of instead of a feature piece at the back of the lot.

The ordinary Georgia reason to screen a porch

The Dallas city line contains no named lake, pond or river. The reason to screen a porch here's the ordinary Georgia one: from May to September an open porch is a nice idea and a screened one is a room you use.

244 feet across the boundary

Dallas runs 871 to 1,115 feet, a spread of 244 feet, which is almost exactly what neighboring Hiram runs. On that kind of rolling ground the typical retaining wall job is a single terrace that turns a sloping back yard into a flat one, which is the highest-value thing you can do to a lot like this.

Dew Berry Creek, Griffin Creek, Lane Creek

Seven named streams cross the boundary, which is a lot for a place this size. That means most Dallas yards sit somewhere on a drainage path instead of at the top of one, and where a patio or walkway goes has to account for water arriving from uphill as well as falling on the surface itself.

Fire pits in Paulding County

Placement is settled on site, with the seating plan in front of you. The build sits with hardscape and the designs are in the fire pit guide.

Paulding County, and Hiram next door

Dallas is the one town we cover in Paulding County, which also takes in Hiram. Work we have completed is on the gallery.

Further reading

• ideas for a small or awkward back yard
• privacy fence styles that work in Georgia