Deck Builder in Marietta, GA

Big enough to plan around

Marietta is one of the three largest places we cover, 62,263 people in 26,783 homes with 11,658 of those owner occupied. It's also 42.3 road miles from the shop, far enough to be honest about: this is work to plan, not a same-day look at a loose rail.

1987 houses in a city that keeps rebuilding itself

Marietta housing splits at 1987, half of it older and half of it newer. Decks of that generation were framed before composite existed as a mainstream option, so the choice on a rebuild is genuinely open instead of a like-for-like swap. That's worth an actual comparison, not a default, which is what the composite decking page is for, next to what a new build involves.

Fencing in a city of 26,783 homes

The lot patterns inside the Marietta city line run every which way, and what that does to a fence run is set out on the Marietta fence page with the material comparison on the fence company page.

47.2 percent owner occupied

Fewer than half the occupied homes in Marietta are owner occupied, 47.2 percent. There are still 11,658 households here that own the place. A patio cover in Marietta is bought by an owner who has decided to improve, not move, and that decision is the one that comes first.

Reeves Lake and Haygood Lake

The named water inside the Marietta boundary is two small lakes, Reeves and Haygood instead of a river. Small still water is the worst kind for mosquitoes, which is why the screened porch argument holds here even though nothing on the map looks dramatic. Screen, screen under a roof and glass are three different rooms, and the page works through what each costs you in light and airflow.

262 feet, and the ridge Marietta sits on

Elevation across Marietta runs 930 to 1,192 feet, and it starts higher than any other Cobb town we cover. The 262 feet of change inside it is mostly the shoulder of that ridge, which produces long, moderate slopes instead of sharp drops. Retaining walls on ground like that are usually about creating a level terrace, not about arresting a collapse.

Noonday Creek, Noses Creek, Olley Creek

Seven named streams cross the city, and Noonday, Noses and Olley Creek are the three that touch the most residential ground. Each of them is a low point that somebody upstream is draining into. Laying a patio or a walkway without knowing which of them your yard feeds is how a hard surface ends up holding water instead of shedding it.

Fire pits in Cobb County

A fire pit gets placed once you can see where people will actually sit. The build is hardscape, and the fire pit guide covers the designs and where each one suits.

Marietta inside Cobb County

Marietta is one of six Cobb County cities we cover. Finished work sits on the gallery.

Further reading

• patio and walkway design ideas
• composite or wood, porch or patio