TheLarchmontSnohomish County.
(206) 735-1286Get a quote
TheLarchmontSnohomish County.
(206) 735-1286Get a quote
Custom Composite and Cedar Decks, Built to Last and Priced to Move in Mill Creek and across Snohomish County.
Free quoteComposite deck buildLooking for deck builder in Mill Creek, WA? Larchmont is a registered Mill Creek deck contractor handling deck builder, deck installation, deck contractor, and cost to build a deck for homeowners across Mill Creek and Snohomish County. One crew, a written warranty, and a free on-site quote, Since 2024.
Every deck builder job in Mill Creek has to answer the local ground and weather. Here is what we build for.
Tree cover over most of the city means a north-facing roof or fence line can go weeks without drying out. Down by North Creek and Penny Creek the ground holds water long after the rain quits, the same damp you can feel from the boardwalk. So we give wood a way to dry: boards held off the soil, flashing where shade meets siding, and posts set in concrete, since around here it's soaked ground that tips a post, not a deep freeze.
Huckleberry went in during the late seventies, Vine Maple through the eighties, Juniper in the nineties, and each neighborhood is hitting re-roof and re-side age right on schedule. When we quote one house we walk the street first, because matching the profile and color the block already carries is most of looking like you belong here. The association notices the difference, and honestly so do the neighbors.
A big share of Mill Creek sits under an HOA with written standards for fence height, style, and color, and some neighborhoods add their own. We pull the current rules before we write your quote and build inside them, paperwork kept. It's a ten-minute step that saves a tear-down argument two months later.
Here's what a deck build covers, all of it priced before the first footing goes in.
Composite & cedar decksComposite deck
Composite & cedar decksWraparound and stairs
Composite & cedar decksRailing at dusk
Composite & cedar decksMulti-level with stairsRepresentative photos of the work we do.
Mill Creek issues its own permits through Public Works and Development Services. If your project needs one, we pull it and handle the inspection.
We opened in 2024, so the honest review count is still zero, and it stays honest. While it climbs, here are four commitments you can verify yourself.
Whoever pulls the board at your inspection is on the crew that rebuilds the wall. We don't broker your project out to strangers.
The terms are written into the contract you hold in your hands. You read them first, then you decide.
The figure we hand you is the figure you pay. A change order in writing is the only thing that can move it.
Registered Washington contractor #LARCHBL744BK, bonded and insured. The state L&I lookup confirms all of it in about a minute.
Composite costs more the day it goes in and asks for almost nothing after. Cedar is cheaper up front, feels like real wood because it is, and wants a wash and fresh stain every couple of years to stay that way. We build both, and once we've seen how much sun and shade your yard gets, we'll tell you which one we'd put on our own house.
Size, height off the ground, and railing do most of it. In the current market composite lands between $60 and $100 a square foot installed and cedar between $40 and $65, but those are market ranges, not a bid on your deck. The full breakdown lives in what a deck costs around Snohomish County, and the design visit turns it into three real numbers for your own ground.
Under 30 inches off the ground at the lowest point of the yard, usually no. Over that line, yes, and a roof over the deck or a walkout underneath changes the answer too. When yours needs one we pull it, handle the paperwork, and meet the inspector, so you don't burn a day off waiting at a counter.
Yes, on most jobs here, since building to the association's design standards is half of working in Mill Creek. We get the current rules before the quote, build to the approved style and height, and hand you the paper trail. The fences that skip that step are the ones that draw letters.
Fir cover keeps north faces damp most of the year, and moss takes any surface that stays wet. We clean it without tearing up the shingles, then set the roof and the fence line up to shed water and dry between rains.
The same crew and the same written warranty in the towns next door.
Tell us about your deck project in Mill Creek. A photo gets an answer back fast, or leave your number and a human calls, usually the same day.
The call comes from (206) 735-1286, usually inside a business day, from someone who can price wet-ground prep from memory.