Custom Composite and Cedar Decks, Built to Last and Priced to Move in Monroe and across Snohomish County.
Free quoteComposite deck buildLooking for deck builder in Monroe, WA? Larchmont is a registered Monroe deck contractor handling deck builder, deck installation, deck contractor, and cost to build a deck for homeowners across Monroe and Snohomish County. One crew, a written warranty, and a free on-site quote, Since 2024.
Every deck builder job in Monroe has to answer the local ground and weather. Here is what we build for.
Monroe sits closer to the mountains than any town we work, and the rain gauge knows it. Shingles, flashing, and exterior paint age faster out here than they do closer to the Sound, so we flash tighter, vent right, and pick materials that can take the soaking.
The Skykomish and the Snoqualmie come together here to make the Snohomish, and in a wet December the Tualco Valley goes under and 203 closes. The water leaves, but low ground near the rivers stays soaked for weeks after, and that standing wet is what lets posts lean and footings settle. We look at how a lot drains before we dig anything on it.
The early-1900s houses off Main Street hide rot behind original siding, the kind you only find by taking a board off and looking. Out in the Fryelands the homes are newer, but the builder-grade fences and decks all went in around the same time, so the whole neighborhood reaches replacement age together. Different halves of town, different jobs, and we carry tools for both.
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.
Monroe issues its own permits through the City Building Department, including a fence permit for most fence work. We file it and handle the inspection.
The review section is empty because we opened in 2024, and it stays empty until real customers fill it. In the meantime the promises are signed: quote, warranty, and schedule, in ink before any digging starts.
The people who walk your quote are the people who swing the hammers. Nothing gets handed off to a sub you've never met.
It's printed in the pages you sign, not implied on a website. Read it before you commit to anything.
Your written quote is your invoice. If something has to change mid-job, it gets priced on paper first and you approve it.
WA contractor #LARCHBL744BK. Two minutes on the state L&I site confirms all three before you ever call us.
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, noticeably. Monroe sits nearer the mountains and roofs and siding take a longer soaking every year, so we flash tighter and choose materials for the extra water.
On low ground it can, yes. The rivers run high enough some winters to close 203, and lots near the valley hold water long after the road reopens. Ground that wet will move a shallow footing, so we check how your lot drains before we quote the job.
The same crew and the same written warranty in the towns next door.
Tell us about your deck project in Monroe. 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.