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    Flicker Construction LLC - Fort Collins Deck Builder
    Attached Deck Construction

    Attached Deck Construction

    The classic deck: step out your back door and you're standing on it. An attached deck connects to your home's structure, shares its strength, and turns the wall between inside and outside into a doorway to more living space. It's the way most decks are built — and the way most decks fail, when the connection to the house is done wrong. That connection is exactly where Flicker Construction LLC does its most careful work.

    Call (970) 238-5244

    Built by the Crew That Understands the Connection

    Flicker Construction LLC is a family-owned company with over 10 years of dedicated decking experience. Every attached deck is built by our in-house crew — no subcontractors — and we are fully licensed and insured. You work directly with the builder from the first phone call to the final walkthrough.

    Here's why that matters more on an attached deck than almost anywhere else: the ledger connection — where your deck bolts to your house — gets buried behind the finished deck and stays invisible for decades. It's the one part of your deck you can't check later, which makes it the part that most rewards hiring builders who refuse to cut corners you'll never see.

    We also give 10 percent of our profits to local causes, including our partnership with the ASPCA.

    What Makes an Attached Deck Work

    An attached deck done right is four things done right, in order:

    • A ledger fastened to the house's structure — not its siding. The ledger board bolts through to the home's rim joist with structural hardware, so the house genuinely carries its share of the load.
    • Flashing and waterproofing at the connection. A moisture barrier behind the ledger and flashing over it, layered so water sheds out and away — never behind the board, never into your wall. This is the step that separates a deck that protects your home from one that quietly rots it.
    • Footings carrying the yard side. The outer edge of the deck stands on its own properly set footings, sized for the load and your soil.
    • Code-compliant hardware throughout. Joist hangers, structural screws, and connectors rated for the job — because an attached deck is not a shelf, it's a structure.

    Home inspectors routinely find decks mounted straight over siding with no flashing at all — including on newer homes. That shortcut is invisible on day one and expensive by year five. We don't take it.

    The Siding Question, Answered Honestly

    "Will you have to cut into my siding?" Yes — a small section, and you want us to.

    Attaching a ledger over the top of siding is exactly the shortcut that causes attached decks to fail: water migrates behind the board and into the bolt holes, gets trapped against the house, and rots the framing from the outside in. The right way — the way building codes and every major decking manufacturer prescribe — is to remove a small section of siding down to the sheathing, install the moisture barrier and flashing, fasten the ledger to the structure, and finish the transition clean.

    When we're done, the connection sheds water the way your roof does, and the siding around it looks the way it should. You'll never see the most important work we did — which is exactly the point.

    When an Attached Deck Is Right (and When It Isn't)

    For most homes, attached is the answer — it's how we build the majority of our decks. You get direct access from the house, the strongest use of your yard space, and the most economical structure, because your home carries one side of the load.

    The honest exceptions: some houses can't safely take a ledger. Brick and stone veneer can't carry a deck's load, and certain floor framing — like cantilevered sections — leaves nothing solid to bolt to. In those cases the right answer is a self-supporting deck that stands on its own structure, and we'll tell you that at the site assessment rather than force an attachment your house can't hold. Whatever your home needs, it's covered within every type of deck we build.

    What an Attached Deck Costs

    Pricing varies by material: Pressure-Treated Wood: $30 – $40 per sq. ft. (The lowest upfront cost, but requires staining every 2–3 years to handle intense Colorado sunshine). Cedar or Redwood: $40 – $55 per sq. ft. (Naturally pest-resistant and handles local temperature swings well). Standard Composite (e.g., Trex, Fiberon): $35 – $60 per sq. ft. (The most popular local choice; resists fading and requires zero staining). Premium PVC / Capped Composite: $55 – $75+ per sq. ft. (Top-tier brands or multi-toned boards with extended warranties) — published right here, not saved for the phone call. Attached decks typically sit at the friendlier end of a project budget for their size, for a simple structural reason: your house carries one side of the deck, so you're not paying for a second full support structure on that edge. Size, height, and material choice drive where your project lands, and your free estimate puts a firm number on it.

    The price on your estimate is the price you pay. No upselling, no surprises.

    Our Attached Deck Process

    1. Request a Quote

    Call (970) 238-5244 or book online.

    2. Site & Wall Assessment

    We confirm your house can take a ledger properly — and if it can't, we tell you and design the right structure instead.

    3. Free Estimate & Permits

    A clear, written price. We handle the permit process and inspections.

    4. The Build

    Ledger, flashing, framing, footings, surface, and railings — by our in-house crew, to current code.

    5. Walkthrough

    We walk every inch of the finished deck with you before we call it done.

    Why Homeowners Trust Flicker Construction

    • Pickiest where it counts. The house connection is the part you'll never see — so it's the part we're most careful about.
    • In-house crews on every job. No subcontractors, ever. Trained, trusted, accountable to the name on the truck.
    • Licensed and insured. Full coverage on every project. Non-negotiable.
    • 10+ years of dedicated decking experience. Built to code, with the right hardware, made to last.
    • Direct builder communication. The person who quotes your deck is the person responsible for it. Same-day answers.
    • Community investment. 10 percent of our profits go back to local causes, including the ASPCA.

    Attached Deck Construction: Frequently Asked Questions

    The ledger is the horizontal board that bolts an attached deck to your house — it carries roughly half the deck's weight and transfers it into your home's structure. Because it does so much work and disappears from view once the deck is finished, proper ledger installation is the single most important detail in attached deck construction.

    Through layered flashing installed before the ledger ever goes on: a moisture barrier against the house's sheathing, the ledger fastened to the structure, and flashing lapped over the top so water sheds out and away from the wall. Done in the right order, the connection sheds water like a roof; done as an afterthought with caulk, it traps water against your house.

    Not to the brick itself — brick and stone veneer are finishes, not structure, and they can't carry a deck's load. Homes with masonry veneer typically get a self-supporting deck that stands on its own posts and footings right against the house, which gives you the same walk-out experience without asking the veneer to hold weight it was never designed for.

    Most can, but not all. A proper attachment needs solid structure behind the wall — typically the home's rim joist — and some framing situations, like cantilevered floors, don't provide it. That's the first thing we check at your site assessment, and if your house can't take a ledger safely, we'll tell you and build a self-supporting structure instead.

    We remove a small section of siding on purpose — that's the correct method, not a side effect. Attaching over siding traps water and rots the wall; removing a section lets us flash and waterproof the connection properly, and we finish the transition clean. The siding you keep is protected better than it was before.

    Because your house does part of the work. An attached deck's ledger transfers one side of the load into the home's structure, so the project needs fewer posts and footings than a deck that must support itself on all sides. Same deck space, one less support system to build.

    Yes — attachment doesn't eliminate footings, it reduces them. The house carries the ledger side, and properly set footings carry the outer edge, sized for the load and soil conditions and placed to meet code.

    Yes, and it's common — but we never trust the old connection. The previous ledger location gets inspected for hidden water damage before anything new goes on, because old decks attached over siding often leave rot behind. If the wall framing is sound, we flash and attach properly; if it isn't, you'll know before the build starts, not after.

    As high as your door — attached decks serve walk-out basements at grade and second-story doors alike. Height changes the engineering, not the concept: taller decks need larger posts, deeper footings, and bracing, all of which is part of the design and permit process we handle.

    We build a step down from the door threshold. It's the detail that keeps rain and melting snow from sitting at your door and working into the house, and it protects the door frame and interior floor for the life of the deck. A flush transition looks seamless on day one and invites water problems every season after.

    The quality of the original connection: structural bolts into the home's rim joist — not nails, not screws into siding — proper hardware, and flashing that keeps the connection dry so nothing rots. Decks separate from houses when the ledger was fastened wrong or water was let in; build the connection right and it stays put for the life of the deck.

    Yes — at the site assessment, before you've committed to anything. Forcing a ledger onto a wall that can't hold it is how attached decks become dangerous, and we won't do it. If your home needs a self-supporting structure instead, we'll design that, explain why, and you'll get the same deck experience built the right way for your house.

    Get Your Free Attached Deck Estimate

    Here is what happens when you call Flicker Construction:

    • You speak directly with the builder
    • We assess your site and confirm your house can take a proper attachment
    • You get a straight answer either way
    • You receive a free, no-obligation estimate