Deck Builder in Mableton, GA

18,801 owner-occupied homes at the end of a long drive

There are 18,801 owner-occupied homes in Mableton, more than in any other market we serve, out of 31,481 homes and 77,678 people. It's also 52.7 road miles away, one of the longest runs we make, and we would rather say both than only the flattering one.

1988 houses in a place that keeps changing hands

Mableton houses are 1988 at the midpoint. Decks from that era were built with what was available then, and a lot of them have been resurfaced once without anybody looking underneath. On a house of this age the useful question is what the frame is standing on, because that answers whether you're buying boards or buying a deck. Repair and replacement starts there, and composite only makes sense once the frame is settled.

31,481 homes and every fence condition in them

With 31,481 homes inside one city line, more than any other Cobb town we cover, Mableton turns up every fence condition there's at once, and the Mableton fence page sorts that out with materials on the fence company page.

64.6 percent own, across 31,481 homes

Ownership here runs 64.6 percent, and across 31,481 homes that's a deep pool of settled owners. They're exactly the households that buy a pergola or a solid patio cover. The constraint in Mableton isn't demand. It's the drive, and it's worth saying so.

The Chattahoochee River and Summerlin Lake

Two named waters fall inside the Mableton boundary: the Chattahoochee and Summerlin Lake. A river and a lake inside the same city line is unusual, and it means insect pressure comes from two directions. That's the strongest possible reason to screen a porch, not leave it open, and it holds for a good part of the year.

315 feet down to the river

Mableton runs 758 to 1,073 feet. Most of that 315 foot spread is the fall toward the Chattahoochee, so the yards that need retaining walls are concentrated on the river side, not scattered. Where the fall is steady instead of sharp, two low terraces usually beat one tall wall.

Buttermilk Creek, Carroll Branch, Nickajack Creek

Five named streams cross the boundary, all of them draining toward the river. That gives a Mableton yard a clear direction of travel, which makes laying out a patio or a walkway more predictable here than in a place where the water has nowhere obvious to go.

Fire pits, settled on the lot

Where a fire pit goes is settled on the lot itself. The build sits with hardscape and the fire pit guide runs through the designs.

How Mableton work gets scheduled

Because this is the far edge of what we cover, Mableton work gets grouped with our other Cobb County jobs where we can, and Mableton is one of six towns we build in there. Projects we have finished are on the gallery.

Further reading

• patio and walkway layouts
• how to read a fence quote