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My name is Mark Gargas and I am the Owner and Operator of Gargas Roofing and Construction. Our company was founded in 1999 with the goal of providing customers with the highest quality workmanship and materials at the reasonable prices, on time, worry-free. We are fully insured and provide references in your local area. Your phone call always brings the owner. We are highly specialized in Roof, Siding, Deck & Window Installation.
Did you know that you can add:
- more value
- beauty and comfort
- more fun & more family time spent together
...for years to come, just by adding a deck ?
The most popular of all outdoor spaces, a deck can be added onto any area of your home or townhouse. Adding a deck is also one of the least expensive way to add usable square footage to your townhouse.
We will help you to get through the entire process, starting with filing and obtaining proper permits from your town as well as your association.
At the present time we would like you to take the advantage of our Special:
"Add a Deck To Your Home or Townhouse Total Package".
This package for worry-free installation includes:
- Free architectural plans
- Filing and obtaining proper permits from your building department
- Installation of the deck frame
- Install of Maintenance Free TIMBER TECH Composite decking floor in your color selection
- Install of deck railing
- Install of New Energy Efficient LOW-E Pella door with grids, which will add additional beauty, light and enjoyment to your home!!!
Call for a free, no obligation estimate today at 973-772-8080
To learn more about maintenance free Timber Tech composite floor visit www.Timbertech.com
Please enjoy reading this helpful article from US News & World Report
Adding a Deck: A Cost-Effective Way to Protect Your Home's Value
With Old Man Winter upon us, building an outdoor living space like a deck might not seem like a particularly appealing proposition for many homeowners. But as the housing market continues along its downward slope and the economy teeters on the edge of a recession if it's not already in one building a deck can be a smart way for property owners to maintain or even improve their home's value. After all, it's less expensive than building an additional room but still enables homeowners to expand their living space. "It's safe to say that a deck is one of the more cost-effective things you can do," says Robert Markovich, home and yard editor for Consumer Reports. "Decks are really a high-return item."
Remodeling Magazine's Remodeling Cost vs. Value Report for 2007 found that more than 85 percent of the cost of building a wooden deck could be recouped during resale compared with 78 percent for a bathroom remodel and 69 percent for a family room addition. "When most people build a deck, it adds pretty much dollar-for-dollar [value]," says Michael H. Evans, president of Evans Appraisal Service in Chico, Calif. To find out more about the costs and benefits of outdoor living spaces, U.S. News turned to Paul Mackie, the western area manager of the Western Red Cedar Lumber Association. Mackie explained why building an outdoor living space is a smart move in today's uncertain economy. Excerpts:
What does an outdoor living space do for the home as a whole? If you have people over at your home whether it's family or whether it's friends where does everybody [gather]? Everybody is hanging around the kitchen while the hosts are preparing the meal, beverages, and hors d'oeuvres. Well, the advantage to this outdoor living space is that you now have [an additional] outdoor work area where you can be working and preparing for the guests. It also defuses the concentration in one area of the home.
But if you are looking to get more space, why not just build another room? If you're building outside, it's going to be less expensive. Building an outdoor living space is the most affordable way to expand your home. If you add rooms, you are adding insulation and wiring and roofing and all of that. If you expand your outdoor living space, like with a deck, [you don't have to do that]. This is a trend; people are expanding their decks. In some cases, they are adding built-in furniture. Others are building in the barbecue and plumbing to have running water and have refrigerators. The budget is the only limiting factor.
How much money can you save by building a deck instead of an additional room? [Building an outdoor living space costs] somewhere in the range of half as much as an addition onto the house itself. I would expect that you should be able to build a deck for less than $100 a square foot, but that's going to vary from market to market. I would expect that if you are talking about adding rooms, you are talking about here in Washington state about $200 to $300 a square foot. So it's a very efficient way [to add value to the home].
What should consumers know about maintaining their outdoor living space? You want to winterize your outdoor space. So, especially if you have a wooden deck, you want to remove dirt, pine needles, debris both on the surface and in between the deck boards. Keep it clean and free of mold and mildew. It's best to use an oxygen bleach solution to treat the wood and kill mold and mildew. Use the mildest solution possible, and oxygen bleach is preferred over chlorine because it is much less harmful to the wood.
