Grand Strand Deck CoDecks built for salt air
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Repairs typically $1,000–$5,000

Deck Repair on the Grand Strand

Most tired decks don't need replacing — they need the right five fixes in the right order. We evaluate the whole structure, tell you plainly what's safety, what's cosmetic, and what can wait a year.

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The coastal failure pattern

Decks around Myrtle Beach fail in a predictable order, and it isn't the one most homeowners expect. The boards you walk on are usually the last thing to go — what fails first is the steel holding everything together. Salt air corrodes builder-grade joist hangers, nails, and railing screws years before the lumber rots, which is why a deck can look fine from a lawn chair and still flunk a structural check. When we evaluate a deck, we start underneath, at the hardware and the ledger, and work up.

Two workers repairing boards on a wooden deck
Board-level work — the fix is often smaller than the symptom suggests

What we repair

  • Ledger and flashing corrections. The connection between deck and house is where collapses start. If the flashing was skipped or the ledger was only nailed — common on fast builder decks — we re-flash and through-bolt it. This is the one repair we never recommend postponing.
  • Hardware replacement. Rust-streaked hangers and corroded fasteners swapped for hot-dipped galvanized or stainless, so the fix lasts longer than the original build did.
  • Board and stair replacement. Soft, cupped, or split boards replaced individually and blended in. Stair stringers get checked every time — they take the most abuse and the least attention.
  • Railing repair. A railing that moves is a code failure and a lawsuit waiting on a crowded Fourth of July. We rebuild connections to take real load, not just to stop the wiggle.
  • Post and footing work. Sunken or heaved footings re-set, posts with ground rot cut back or replaced on proper bases.
Straight answer policy: when repair costs climb past about half the price of a rebuild, we'll show you that math and let you decide — sometimes patching a fifteen-year-old builder deck is throwing good money after bad, and you deserve to hear it before you spend.

Signs your deck is asking for help

Bounce or flex when two people walk together. Rust stains bleeding from any metal connector. Boards that stay dark and damp days after rain. A railing you instinctively don't lean on. Gaps opening where the deck meets the house. Any one of these earns a look — together they earn a phone call this week, not this season. Repairs caught early stay in the hundreds; the same problems ignored for two more summers price like a whole new deck.

Repair now, restore after

Once the structure is sound, most owners tack on a restoration pass — wash, sand, and a coastal-grade seal — so the deck looks as good as it now performs. Done together, it's one mobilization and one mess instead of two. And when the evaluation comes back as framing past saving, we'll show you what a ground-up replacement costs in the same visit, sized to the footprint you already have.

Repair questions, answered straight

How much does deck repair cost in Myrtle Beach?
Most repair jobs land between $1,000 and $5,000. Hardware and fastener swaps sit at the low end; a re-flashed, through-bolted ledger or a post re-set on new footings pushes toward the top. A few boards, one loose railing section, or a stair tread caught early usually stays in the hundreds. The number comes after we've been underneath the deck, not from the lawn.
Repair it or replace it — how do you decide?
Two tests. If the fix would cost more than about half of a rebuild, replacing usually wins. And if the trouble is in the frame itself — a ledger pulling away from the house, posts rotted at the ground, joists gone soft — patching the surface on top is paying twice. Sound frame with a tired surface: repair, then restore. Failed frame: you get the rebuild number in the same visit and the choice stays yours.
Do you repair wood porches and screened-porch floors?
Yes. A wood-framed front porch, back porch, or screened-porch floor is built like a deck and fails like one — soft boards, rusted hangers, a post going punky at the base — so the same evaluation and the same fixes apply. Concrete slabs, masonry steps, and the screen panels themselves belong to other trades, and we'll say so rather than guess.
My deck went through a hurricane — what should I check?
Walk the yard before you walk the deck. A railing run that no longer sights straight, a wider gap at the house wall, washout around a post, or a bottom stair that no longer sits square all mean the structure moved, and a deck that has moved once gets a professional look before anyone stands on it. The hurricane deck guide covers the before-and-after checks in full.

Not sure if it's a fix or a rebuild? That's the visit.

Honest deck evaluations across Myrtle Beach, Conway, Murrells Inlet, Carolina Forest & Little River.

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