Decks & Fences in Gwinnett County, GA

1,840 of 2,321 homes are owner occupied

83.4 percent means five homes in six are owned by the people in them. For a builder that matters more than the raw size: a town of 2,321 homes where nearly everyone owns is a better market than a much bigger one where most of the housing is rented. When somebody calls from Dacula they are almost always the person who decides.

300 feet of relief on 1999 housing

Dacula runs 840 to 1,140 feet, a 300-foot spread, on housing whose median dates to 1999. Twenty-five years is the point where a pressure-treated deck is either about to need real work or has already had some. The tell is usually the post bases at grade, not anything visible from the kitchen window, so the honest first question is whether you are looking at a repair or a new deck on a new frame.

The Alcovy and three creeks

The Alcovy River runs through Dacula along with Drowning, Hopkins and Palm Creeks. On a 300-foot slope with water at the bottom of it, drainage behind a retaining wall is the part that decides whether the wall is still straight in ten years. It is also the part that is invisible once the job is finished, which is why it is worth asking any contractor what they intend to put behind it.

Getting on the Gwinnett schedule

Dacula is a shade under two hours, which makes it grouped work. We are not going to pretend it is a same-week call-out. Send a photo of the spot and we will tell you honestly whether it is worth the drive, or look at what we have finished first.

Further reading

• deck design ideas
• privacy fence ideas and styles