What deck work costs around Greenwood
Board repairs run $250 to $800, a re-deck on a sound frame runs $6,000 to $12,000, a full pressure-treated rebuild runs $9,000 to $18,000 and composite rebuilds run $18,000 to $30,000, all on the table below with permits handled. What moves a job inside its range is footage first and frame condition second: the same square footage prices differently when footings need replacing to frost depth or the ledger needs surgery. The free inspection settles both before you commit a dollar.
Every price covers the complete job: demolition where needed, materials, labor, permit filing, the inspection and cleanup. Payment follows milestones, nothing due before materials land and the crew starts, and the invoice reconciles against this table line by line. No travel charge anywhere in the service area.
And to name the worry directly: the free inspection obligates you to nothing, the on-page calculator is information rather than a contract and the written quote you sign is the binding number. It moves only if you change the scope, and never because a crew showed up and discovered enthusiasm.
The published table
| Job | Typical range | What moves the price |
|---|---|---|
| Underside inspection and written quote | Free | Nothing moves it. Twenty minutes, a flashlight and the honest category. |
| Replace damaged boards | $250 - $800 | Board count and matching; finding the water source that killed them is included. |
| Railing repair or section replacement | $500 - $1,800 | Length and post condition; post-base hardware fixes most wobbles cheaply. |
| Stair rebuild | $800 - $2,500 | Height and width; stringers are usually the failed part, treads come along. |
| Joist or structural repair | $1,200 - $4,000 | Access and extent; sistering sound lumber beats wholesale replacement when honest. |
| Ledger repair and reflash | $1,500 - $4,500 | The house connection. Siding type and rot extent drive it; flashing is never optional. |
| Footing repair or replacement | $1,000 - $3,500 | Depth to frost line (about 30 inches here) and access under the deck. |
| Re-deck: boards and rails on a sound frame | $6,000 - $12,000 | Footage and material grade; composite boards roughly double material cost. |
| Full rebuild, pressure-treated | $9,000 - $18,000 | Footage, height and stairs; includes new footings, ledger and hardware throughout. |
| Full rebuild, composite | $18,000 - $30,000 | Same structure, premium surfaces and railings; ends the staining cycle for good. |
| Urgent assessment and stabilization | $300 - $800 | Credited to the repair. For leans, pulls and anything unsafe to stand on. |
| Deck safety inspection, pre-sale | $200 - $400 | Written report a buyer, seller or agent can rely on; photos included. |
| Demolition and haul-off only | $1,500 - $3,500 | Size and access; footing removal included so nothing lurks for the next project. |
| Priority scheduling | +$300 - $800 | Bumps a crew for safety hazards and hard deadlines; the premium is the honest cost. |
Rebuild ranges assume typical 200 to 400 square foot decks; larger and multi-level platforms scale by footage with the math shown on the quote. Every quote names the materials, the hardware and the footing depth going into your deck.
The three questions that price your job
Is the frame sound? This single answer swings the budget by five figures, because it decides between re-deck money and rebuild money. The frame means the ledger at the house, the joists and beams, the posts and the footings, and none of it is visible from the deck chairs. The free inspection reads it with a probe and a flashlight, following the checks in the American Wood Council’s residential deck guidance at awc.org.
How big and how high? Footage drives materials and labor almost linearly, and height adds structure: taller posts, bracing, longer stair runs and guardrail requirements that a ground-hugging platform never faces. A walkout-level deck prices differently than a patio-height one at identical footage, and the quote shows why.
Wood or composite? Pressure-treated wood costs less on install day and asks for cleaning and sealing on a cycle; composite roughly doubles the surface cost and ends the maintenance question. Central Indiana freeze-thaw, tracked in the climate records for the Indianapolis area at weather.gov/ind, is exactly the weathering pattern composite was built to shrug off, which is why it earns its premium fastest on unshaded southern exposures and lake decks.
Where the money actually goes
On a rebuild, roughly a third is the structure you will never see again: footings dug below frost depth, the ledger bolted and flashed, hangers and hardware at every connection. That third is where deck failures come from and where cheap bids save their money. Our quotes itemize it, because a deck is a structure people stand on ten feet in the air, and the invisible parts are the safety parts.
Southside Deck Rebuilders publishes this table so the first number you hear is also the last one. If the deck is unsafe today, start at the urgent repairs page; otherwise send the form below with photos and we will price it against the table.
Price your deck
The address and a description gets you the honest range today, and a firm written number after the free inspection.